Handel: Delirio Amoroso: Italian Secular Cantatas

These early cantatas show how ‘finished’ the young Handel became during his remarkably short spell in Italy. Ann Murray’s silky-smooth advocacy is matched by playing of lithe, forthright immediacy. Paul Riley

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Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:56 pm

COMPOSERS: Handel
LABELS: Coro
ALBUM TITLE: Handel
WORKS: Delirio Amoroso: Italian Secular Cantatas
PERFORMER: Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano); Symphony of Harmony and Invention/Harry Christophers
CATALOGUE NO: COR 16030

These early cantatas show how ‘finished’ the young Handel became during his remarkably short spell in Italy. Ann Murray’s silky-smooth advocacy is matched by playing of lithe, forthright immediacy. Paul Riley

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