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| Composer | Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759) |
| Period | Baroque |
| Work type | Choral |
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BarcelonaAci, Galatea e Polifemo
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Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72
Basel Chamber Orchestra; René Jacobs; Kateryna Kasper; Sophie Harmsen; Christian Senn
ZurichAci, Galatea e PolifemoConcert performance
Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72
Orchestra La Scintilla Zurich; Philippe Jaroussky; Bruno de Sá; Elizabeth DeShong; Nicolas Brooymans
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Excellent singing in Aci, Galatea e Polifemo in Halle
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The Halle Handel Festival brings wonderful Baroque vocalising and playing in this somewhat obscure offering from Handel's early days in Italy.
Trevor Bowes sews up Handel's most fiendish character with the OAE
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The bass truly got his needle working on preparing his latest role, the raging cyclops Polifemo.
A Blast from the Past
“Who were these people? How did they think? What would it be like to experience life in their time and gain full insight into their musical minds?” These are some of the main questions I ask when doing research to aid my understanding of historically informed performance in 17th and 18th-century Baroque music.