Handel

Handel’s solo cantatas, many of them written during his formative stay in Italy, contain some of his finest music. Lucy Crowe’s recording of the composer’s youthful works with the English Concert was praised by BBC Music Magazine for the ‘imaginative sensitivity’ of the soprano’s interpretations and as being 'well-nigh ideal’ by Gramophone, while Hugh Cutting was described by The Telegraph as ‘a Handelian Puck – entertainingly amoral and mischievous’ while playing Unulfo in Garsington Opera’s Rodelinda.

Programme:
GF Handel Cantata: Mi palpita il cor HWV132c
Violin Sonata in D HWV371
Troppo cruda, troppo fiera HWV198
Conservate, raddoppiate HWV185
Alpestre monte HWV81
Trio Sonata in G minor HWV390
Langue, geme, sospira HWV188
A mirarvi io son intento HWV178 178

Performers:
Lucy Crowe soprano
Guy Cutting countertenor
The English Concert