A re-creation, using baroque instruments, of the first performance of Handel's first sacred oratorio, written for a court performance on Easter Day, 1708, in Rome: direct from the Royal Festival Hall, London EMMA KIRKBY and PATRIZIA KWELLA (sopranos) CAROLYN WATKINSON (mezzo-soprano) IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) DAVID THOMAS (bass)
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC leader CATHERINE MACKINTOSH
Continuo JAKOB LINDBERG (theorbo) MARK CAUDLE (cello) BARRY GUY (double-bass) NICHOLAS MCGEGAN (harpsichord) conducted by CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD Part 1