Latest News: Classical, Alan Curtis (conductor)
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Obituary,
Alan Curtis (1934-2015) 16th July 2015
David remembers the harpsichordist and early music pioneer Alan Curtis, who has died at the age of 80.
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Recording of the Week,
Handel's Ariodante 9th May 2011
Joyce DiDonato sings the title-role on Alan Curtis’s recording of Handel’s Scottish opera, with Marie-Nicole Lemieux as the dastardly Polinesso and Karina Gauvin as the woman they both love.
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Recording of the Week,
Exciting new baroque rediscovery - Conti's David 20th August 2007
Alan Curtis and Il Complesso Barocco record the Italian baroque composer’s ‘azione sacra’ (which predates Handel’s Saul by 15 years), with contralto Marjana Mijanovic as the eponymous hero and Furio Zanasi as Goliath.
