BY JAY NORDLINGER [NY Sun, 5 December 2006]

Next Sunday afternoon, Angelika Kirchschlager, the excellent Austrian mezzo, will give a recital in Alice Tully Hall. But if you can't wait till then, you might want to check out her latest CD, which is a collection of Handel opera arias (on Sony/BMG).There are a million collections of Handel opera arias, of course. But they are very much worth making.