Composer of the Week - George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Episode 1

Donald Macleod explores Handel's oratorios, focusing on his work in Rome as a young man. Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (excerpt from Part 1) Bellezza ...... Isabelle Poulenard (soprano) Les Musiciens du Louvre Marc Minkowski (conductor) Erato ECD 75532, CD 1, Tr 18 Three arias (Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno) Disinganno ...... Nathalie Stutzmann (alto) Piacere ...... Jennifer Smith (soprano) Tempo ...... John Elwes (tenor) Les Musiciens du Louvre Marc Minkowski (conductor) Erato ECD 75532, CD 1, Tr 6; CD 2, Tr 16; CD 1, Tr 10 (Oratorio per) La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesu Cristo (excerpt from Part 1); Scene 1 Angel ...... Barbara Schlick (soprano) Lucifer ...... Klaus Mertens (bass) The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Ton Koopman (conductor) Erato 2292-45617-2, CD 1, Trs 1-9 Acis and Galatea (1718) - Act 2, Scs 1-3 Polyphemus ...... Willard White (bass-baritone) The English Baroque Soloists John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) Archiv 423 406-2, CD 2, Trs 1-3.