Format:
2 CDs (148'05)
,
1 Beiheft (14 gezählte Seiten)
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12 cm
Series Statement:
Eloquence
Uniform Title:
Sosarme, re di Media
Content:
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
Note:
P-Jahr: 1955
Language:
Italian
Keywords:
CD
Author information:
Deller, Alfred 1912-1979
Author information:
Händel, Georg Friedrich 1685-1759
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