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Composer:
George Frideric Handel

Artist(s):
Le Concert d'Astree
Sandrine Piau

Conductor:
Emmanuelle Haim

Background: Between 1706 and 1710 the young Handel lived in Italy so as to study the masters and perfect his musical education. These Italian years were a period of intense creativity in Florence, Rome and Naples. It is in Naples in 1708 that he created the pastoral serenata Aci, Galatea & Polifemo.

Handel re-worked the subject in 1718 as a 'masque' in English, Acis & Galatea, of which the music is completely different. It is the original Italian version that Virgin Classics has recorded: it was written for 3 voices which correspond to the three characters: Acis the shepherd (soprano), Galatea the nymph (alto) and Polifemo the giant (bass). The music is virtuosic, scintillating and full of exuberance, whilst still featuring the while dramatic arias of love, despair and bereavement.

CATALOGUE NR: 5455572
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 19.99 including VAT, or £ 17.01 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 07-Apr-2003

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Aci, Galatea & Polifemo - complete
CONDUCTOR: Emmanuelle Haim
ARTISTS: Le Concert d'Astree   Sandrine Piau   Sarah Mingardo   Laurent Naouri

- Jul-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Mediterranean reading of Handel's Italian cantata, superbly sung' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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