Hee, very nice. I do like Susan Gritton - I have a recording of her in Theodora with Robin Blaze. I have not (as far as I know) heard Mr. Padmore, so I cannot comment there.
My own line-up is something like this:
Soprano: Barbara Bonney. (Barbara Schlick makes a good stand-by. But this is a fantasy, so who needs stand-bys?)
I do like the idea of having boy trebles for certain arias. I have a King's College Choir recording (with James Bowman) where they take all the soprano arias, but tend overall to agree with the director of Wednesday night's performance in saving them for the very ethereal movements which follow the 'Pastoral'. So for those, J. Random Choirboy - in fact, why not Ginger Kid from Wednesday night? He'd certainly do a good job.
I should also (and you're welcome to laugh) now like to hear Alessandro Moreschi audition for a couple of the more sentimental arias, such as 'How beautiful are the feet'. He might not make it into the final line-up, since his style would hardly be compatible with that of my other soloists. But the audition would be extremely pleasurable in itself.
Countertenor: Mainly, David Cordier. But Robin Blaze for 'He shall feed his flock' and 'Thou art gone up on high', plus the associated recitatives.
Tenor: Sadly I cannot remember the name of the fellow who impressed me so much in Lichfield(?) Cathedral. Would that I'd had a livejournal back then, as it would have been written down and preserved for me. But him, please. Robert Tear would also be acceptable.
Bass: Michael George.
Bach's St. Matthew I haven't given enough thought to. But it's certainly worthy of some. Shall report back when I've had a think.
Re: Fantasy Messiah
My own line-up is something like this:
Soprano: Barbara Bonney. (Barbara Schlick makes a good stand-by. But this is a fantasy, so who needs stand-bys?)
I do like the idea of having boy trebles for certain arias. I have a King's College Choir recording (with James Bowman) where they take all the soprano arias, but tend overall to agree with the director of Wednesday night's performance in saving them for the very ethereal movements which follow the 'Pastoral'. So for those, J. Random Choirboy - in fact, why not Ginger Kid from Wednesday night? He'd certainly do a good job.
I should also (and you're welcome to laugh) now like to hear Alessandro Moreschi audition for a couple of the more sentimental arias, such as 'How beautiful are the feet'. He might not make it into the final line-up, since his style would hardly be compatible with that of my other soloists. But the audition would be extremely pleasurable in itself.
Countertenor: Mainly, David Cordier. But Robin Blaze for 'He shall feed his flock' and 'Thou art gone up on high', plus the associated recitatives.
Tenor: Sadly I cannot remember the name of the fellow who impressed me so much in Lichfield(?) Cathedral. Would that I'd had a livejournal back then, as it would have been written down and preserved for me. But him, please. Robert Tear would also be acceptable.
Bass: Michael George.
Bach's St. Matthew I haven't given enough thought to. But it's certainly worthy of some. Shall report back when I've had a think.