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Composer of the Week: Handel

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Simon Heighes 's exploration of Handel the Englishman continues with a look at his settings of Milton.
L 'allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato (excerpts) Soloists
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists/ John Eliot Gardiner
Comus
Academy of Ancient Music, director
Christopher Hogwood
Samson (Act 1, Scene 2)
Roberta Alexander (soprano) Jochen Kowalski
(countertenor)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Vienna Concentus Musicus/ Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Prophetic visions strike my eye (The Occasional Oratorio)
Susan Gritton (soprano)
King's Consort/Robert King

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Heighes
Soloists:
John Eliot Gardiner
Director:
Christopher Hogwood
Soprano:
Roberta Alexander
Soprano:
Jochen Kowalski
Tenor:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Musicus:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Soprano:
Susan Gritton
Source: Radio Times

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