Five Biblical Characters
With Donald Macleod.
4: John the Baptist. He lived on locusts and honey, preferring the privations of the desert to the luxury of the town. But this fiery preacher attracted large crowds - and met a famously violent death.
Handel Comfort Ye; Every Valley (Messiah)
Charles Daniels (tenor),
Gabrieli Consort and Players, conductor Paul McCreesh
Gibbons This Is the Record of John
Michael Chance (countertenor),
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, conductor Philip Ledger
Stradella San Giovanni Battista
Gerard Lesne (tenor),
Les Musiciens du Louvre, conductor Marc Minkowski
Strauss Dance of the Seven Veils
(Salome) Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi