I've been meaning to review this album for the longest time, but haven't because of my committments at work and other things.  Lieberson's voice, in my opinion, is one of the most beautiful instruments of our generation.  It is, unlike a certain Renaaay who tries to sing anything and everything as a huge, incoherent slur, a very beautifully and artistically sung Handel recital.  The tone is simply magnificent!  And no other Handelian artist has connected her singing of the role with a dramatic sense that is so acute as her performances of the role.