Handel

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Il Pastor Fido 1712 / George Frideric Handel – Opera in three acts
Aria : Se m’ami, oh caro (Madeleine Shaw) La Nuova Musica David Bates, direction Lucy Crowe, soprano Anna Dennis, soprano Katherine Manley, soprano Madeleine Shaw, mezzo-soprano Clint van der Linde, countertenor Lisandro Abadie, bass-baritone From Il Pastor Fido 1712 /
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Il Caro Sassone Handel in Italy
Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno – Aria “Lascia la spina” Lucy Crowe, soprano The English Concert Harry Bicket From Il Caro Sassone Handel in Italy (2011) Released by Harmonia Mundi Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
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“The Queen amongst the Queens”
Faustina Bordoni, Francesca Cuzzoni and George Friedrich Handel
“She had a mezzo-soprano voice, that was less clear than penetrating. Her execution was articulate and brilliant. She had a fluent tongue for pronouncing words rapidly and distinctly, and a flexible throat for divisions, with so beautiful a shake that
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Handel: Scipione
“Ah! Scipione…” (Berenice’s aria) Sandrine Piau, soprano Christophe Rousset, conductor Les Talens Lyriques, baroque orchestra From Handel: Scipione (2010) Released by Aparté Handel: “Ah! Scipione…” (Berenice’s aria), from Scipione Sandrine Piau (Berenice) in Act III, Scene II: “The torment is
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Wrong Diagnosis and Wrong Operation for Handel
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), the great German-English composer, was almost completely blind by 1751. As a result, he was unable to finish his final piece of music “Jephtha”. Handel was told by Samuel Sharp, an eye specialist at Guy’s hospital,
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Ombra Cara – Opera Arias by George Frideric Handel
Agrippina: Aria Bejun Mehta, countertenor René Jacobs, conductor Freiburger Barockorchester, Early music ensemble From Handel: Ombra Cara (2010) Released by Harmonia Mundi Agrippina: Aria Another outstanding recording by René Jacobs with the American countertenor Bejun Mehta. Voi, che udite il
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