Opera in three acts Music by Handel Libretto adapted by PAOLO ROLLI from the original of NICOLO MINATO
' It is no exaggeration to rank Handel's gift for musical characterisation beside Mozart's. In Serse he moves with absolute certainty between the flippant and the tragic ' (WINTON DEAN) (sung in Italian: records)
VIENNA ACADEMY CHAMBER CHOIR, MARTIN ISEPP
(harpsichord continuo) VIENNA RADIO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by BRIAN PRIESTMAN. Act 1