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Handel: La resurrezione

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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

Contributors

Soprano:
Emma Kirkby
Soprano:
Patrizia Kwella
Mezzo-Soprano:
Carolyn Watkinson
Tenor:
Ian Partridge
Bass:
David Thomas
Musicians:
Academy of Ancient Music
Leader:
Catherine Mackintosh
Theorbo:
Jakob Lindberg
Cello:
Mark Caudle
Double-bass:
Barry Guy
Harpsichord:
Nicholas McGegan
Conductor:
Christopher Hogwood
Source: Radio Times

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