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Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Sara Mingardo (alto), Laurent Naouri (bass)
Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm
The cantata or serenata a 3 (for three), Aci,Galatea e Polifemo, dates from Handel's visit to Naples in 1708, and it has almost nothing in common, except for its subject matter, with his exquisite... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2003, Editor's Choice
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Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
Stephanie True (Aci), Luciana Mancini (Galatea), Mitchell Sander (Polifemo)
Contrasto Armonico, Marco Vitale (harpsichord & direction)
The performance is noteworthy for Marco Vitale's natural tempi and obvious affection for the subtleties in Handel's notation… The fast music is quick enough, but never at the expense of articulacy.... —
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Special offer. Handel: Acis and Galatea
Sara Mingardo (Galatea), Ruth Rosique (Aci) & Antonio Abete (Polifemo)
Cappella della Pietà de’Turchini, Antonio Florio
Florio's live recording...is sharply characterised. Oboe, recorder and trumpet obbligato solos are vivacious, while the gut strings have home-spun warmth and provide an energetic bass-line for... —
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Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
Daniela Uccello (Aci), Sonia Turchetta (Galatea), Giancarlo Tosi (Polifemo)
Camerata del Titano, Augusto Ciavatta
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Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
Roberta Invernizzi (Aci), Blandine Staskiewicz (Galatea) & Lisandro Abadie (Polifemo)
La Risonanza, Fabio Bonizzoni
The deftness of tempos, sweetness of variations, detailing of dynamics, and above all the musicians' total investment in the drama are irresistable...[Invernizzi and Abadie] ignite the other... —
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Handel Edition, Vol. 6
Valentina Varriale (soprano), Susanne Rydén (soprano), Gemma Bertagnolli (soprano), Nicola Wemyss (soprano), Tom Sol (bass), Michael Borgstede (harpsichord), Stefanie True (soprano), Luciana Mancini (mezzo-soprano), Mitchell Sandler (baritone)
Renato Criscuolo, Claudio Astronio, Jed Wentz,...
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Special offer. Handel: Aci, Galatea e Polifemo
Sara Mingardo (Galatea), Antonio Abete (Polifemo) & Ruth Rosique (Aci)
Orchestra Cappella della Pietà de’ Turchini, Antonio Florio (conductor) & Davide Livermore (director)
Abete sings well, and conveys that the Neapolitan Cyclops is a far more sinister threat than the clumsy English bully...Ruth Rosique sings Aci with suitably boyish naivety and Sara Mingardo... —
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Handel In Italy: Cantatas, Arias & Serenata
Stefanie True (soprano), Stefanie True (Fillide), Klaartje van Veldhoven (Aminta), Klaartje van Veldhoven (soprano), Valentina Varriale (soprano), Tom Sol (Apollo), Nicola Wemyss (Dafne), Anna Korondi (soprano), Rezso Pertorini (cello), Judit Péteri (harpsichord), Mária Zádori (soprano), Ralf Popken...
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