Handel: Coronation Anthems CD review – vitality and expressiveness

NDR Choir, Göttingen Festival Orchestra/Cummings (Accent)
You might not think to turn to a German recording of Handel’s quintessentially English Coronation Anthems, which learned so much from the example of Purcell, but this has a splendid combination of vitality and expressiveness. The choir of North German Radio has excellent English, the Göttingen Festival Orchestra is bursting with energy and Laurence Cummings is never too insistent but shapes the music with real warmth. Alth