1/5. Donald Macleod begins a week of programmes on the life and work of Claudio Monteverdi with a look at his dramatic music.
De la Bellezza le Dovute Lodi
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, director John Eliot Gardiner
Cruda Amarilli , Che col Nome Ancora;
0 Mirtillo, Mirtillo, Anima Mia ; Tamo Mia Vita
Concerto Italiano, director Rinaldo Alessandrini L'Orfeo: Act 3 (Possente Spirto); Act 4
European Voices, Les Sacqueboutiers, Le
Concert d'Astree, director Emmanuelle HaTm
Repeated at 8.45pm
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