Handel: Music For Queen Caroline
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Les Arts Florissants offers full-bodied grandeur as well as profound pathos in this showcase of Handel’s unsurpassed gift for ceremonial music associated with Queen Caroline, George II’s consort.
Handel: Music For Queen Caroline
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
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Les Arts Florissants offers full-bodied grandeur as well as profound pathos in this showcase of Handel’s unsurpassed gift for ceremonial music associated with Queen Caroline, George II’s consort.
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The wife of George II of England, a woman of great beauty and a defender of both science and the arts, Caroline of Ansbach was also a patron and close friend of Handel
The works recorded here were composed for the major royal ceremonies which marked the life of this beloved queen.
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November 2018
Les Arts Florissants offers full-bodied grandeur as well as profound pathos in this showcase of Handel’s unsurpassed gift for ceremonial music associated with Queen Caroline, George II’s consort.
