'Where're You Walk' - Arias for Handel's Favourite Tenor Vocal & Song Choir Signum

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"Ian Page has created a coherent and nuanced biography of a singer... Led by Matthew Truscott, the string playing is reliably silky, well articulated and quick-witted ... The choral sound (from a small consort of bright, well focused voices) is forthright, and Clayton's duet with soprano Mary Bevan, 'As steals the morn' from L'Allegro ... is simply enchanting."

Anna Picard - BBC Music magazine - September 2016

"The outstanding young tenor fulfils his early promise in music sung by 'Handels favourite Tenor', John Beard...he phrases with immaculate taste and style ."

The Sunday Times - May 2016

"... rousing renditions."

The Times - May 2016

"This excellent Handel album, essentially as good as it gets in this repertoire, features music originally sung by the English tenor John Beard (1715-1791) who was for 25 years, as the title suggests Handel’s favourite tenor. Allan Clayton, accompanied by the choir and orchestra of Classical Opera directed by Ian Page sounds really well in music, some of which is familiar, like the title aria from Semele, but quite a lot of which is not at all well known, and should be. Stuff like “Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains” from Esther, where Clayton duets most beautifully with the delightfully played oboe of James Eastaway. Eastaway also features in a duet “As Steals the Morn” which also features the soprano Mary Bevan. This 69 minute CD really is a delight, and I cannot recommend it too highly."

David Melor - Classic FM

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