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art direction Glenn Southwick
composed by Georg Friedrich Händel
conductor Rudolph Palmer
engineer [balance] Stephen J. Epstein
engineer [recording] Malcolm Addey
executive-producer, vocals [porsenna] John Ostendorf
music director Robert Barrows
orchestra Brewer Baroque Chamber Orchestra
vocals [clelia] Julianne Baird
vocals [fidalma] Andrea Matthews
vocals [irene] Jennifer Lane
vocals [muzio] D'Anna Fortunato
vocals [orazio] Erie Mills
vocals [tarquinio] Frederick Urrey
Phonographic Copyright (p) Newport Classic
Copyright (c) Newport Classic
Recorded At St Michael's Church, New York
Total Time: CD1 58:08, CD2 57:48
Recorded 10/91 at St. Michael's Church, New York City.
℗ © 1992 Newport Classic
The first recording of Handel's complete opera score, additional excerpts by Bononcini.
The celebrated rivalry between Handel and Giovanni Bononcini culminated at Covent Garden in 1721 when each composed composed an act for a new opera: MUZIO SCEVOLA. The public was to serve as judge. Handel's work, heard here in a premiere recording assembled by John Ostendorf, won hands down!
SPARS Code: DDD