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Track(s) taken from CDA66935

Ode for the King's Birthday

composer
1758

Opera Restor'd, Peter Holman (conductor)
Recording details: November 1996
St Paul's Church, New Southgate, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: May 1997
Total duration: 2 minutes 14 seconds

Cover artwork: The Torture of Prometheus by Jean-Louis-César Lair (1781-1828)
Musée Crozatier, Le Puy en Velay, France / Giraudon / Bridgeman Images
 

Reviews

‘A very agreeable disc’ (Gramophone)

‘Another decisive blow to the old chestnut that only Handel wrote anything worth the candle in 18th-century England’ (Classic CD)

‘Strongly recommended’ (Hi-Fi News)
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