Hogwood: Handel – Rinaldo (3 CD box set, APE)

Performer: Cecilia Bartoli, David Daniels, Bernarda Fink, Luba Orgonasova, Gerald Finley
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music
Conductor: Christopher Hogwood
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Audio CD
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 3 CD box set
Format: APE (image+cue)
Label: Decca
Size: 728 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: no

Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7
Composed by George Frideric Handel
with Bernarda Fink, David Daniels, Academy of Ancient Music (UK), Mark Padmore, Ana-Maria Rincon, Cecilia Bartoli, Bejun Mehta, Gerald Finley, Daniel Taylor, Luba Orgonasova, Catherine Bott
Conducted by Christopher Hogwood

Handel’s Tour-de-force

Handel’s first Opera Seria written for the London stage is a dazzling tour-de-force, full of ravishing music, and this performance will confirm that. No wonder the work was a great success. You will play this CD over and over again. It is utterly ravishing!