Sosarme:
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Händel, Georg Friedrich 1685-1759 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Saint Anthony Singers (Singer), St. Cecilia Orchestra (Instrumentalist)
Other Authors: Deller, Alfred 1912-1979 (Singer), Herbert, William 1920-1975 (Singer), Ritchie, Margaret 1903-1969 (Singer), Evans, Nancy 1915-2000 (Singer), Lewis, Anthony 1915-1983 (Conductor)
Format: CD Audio
Language:Italian
Published: © 2019
Series:Eloquence
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Abstract:Alfred Deller's only complete recording of a Handel opera. First staged at the King's Theatre in London in February 1732 and revived two years later, Sosarme was not heard again in full (if not entirely complete) until a BBC broadcast in January 1955, conducted by Anthony Lewis. Conductor and performers then made this recording a month later under the aegis of Louise Hanson-Dyer and her L'Oiseau-Lyre label. 'Though not the best exemplar of Handel's skills as a musical dramatist,' according to the Handel scholar Anthony Hicks, 'Sosarme consistently illustrates his greatness as a composer.' The greatest riches of the score are found in the exquisite arias for Sosarme and Elmira, and above all in their two duets, the first of which ('Per le porte del tormento' in Act 2) transcends its context with music of piercing radiance
Item Description:P-Jahr: 1955
Physical Description:2 CDs (148'05) 12 cm 1 Beiheft (14 gezählte Seiten)