Title: Good but not great
Product review: It's possible that David Daniels will prove to be something of a mayfly. His voice heard live in 1995 and 1996 was quite extraordinary; effortless, powerful and perfect, quite lacking the countertenorish 'edge' which had always been assumed to be a necessary evil to that voice. In other words, he didn't sound like a countertenor. Unfortunately however his voice, while still excellent, has now become slightly rougher, nowhere near as thrilling. The sad fact is that there were no recordings made to my knowledge before 1997, when this roughening had already started, EXCEPT for the video, available only in the UK and only on UK TV format, of the Glyndebourne production of Theodora in which he sang Didymus so astonishingly beautifully it nearly defies belief. Buy the Handel CD and enjoy it, but don't believe that it really represents an extraordinary countertenor at the height of his powers.
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