Browse: Handel - Alcina: Act 3 Sinfonia

Whether or not you like this kind of project, this one is expertly and beautifully done, with Handel’s lyrical greatness remaining plain for all to see. — Gramophone Magazine, October 2017 More…

The Baroque instrumentalists display lyricism, drive, and percussive energy, and the jazz instrumentalists improvise on the germs of Handel’s imagination with infectious enthusiasm…There are... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Sarah Connolly is an exemplary Handel singer.
Her recital is dominated by two roles she's performed at ENO, with arias from Alcina and Ariodante.
'Scherza infida' is an addictive mixture of vocal... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Where Handel describes a powerful woman profoundly affected by specific events, Schäfer presents a glamour puss in the grip of a mood disorder. Performed at A=441 (a discomforting nudge higher... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…