Handel: Alcina / Tamerlano (complete operas recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY

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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alcina / Tamerlano (complete operas recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY
Sandrine Piau, Maite Beaumont, Christophe Dumaux, Jeremy Ovenden, Sophie Karthauser, Ann Hallenberg / Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conduct

[ Alpha BLU-RAY / 2 Blu-ray Disc ]

Release Date: Monday 20 February 2017

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Rated: G - Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993Suitable for General Audiences

This Handelian diptych, the brainchild of the director Pierre Audi, was conceived in a style of great purity, right down to the costumes, the décors and the sumptuous chiaroscuro lighting. In order to replicate this aesthetic, reminiscent of Renaissance paintings, with the greatest possible fidelity, the performances, filmed in high resolution, are released on Blu-ray only.

Christophe Rousset and his orchestra convey exceptional fervour in this music, here served by the finest Handelian voices imaginable, foremost among them Sandrine Piau, who enjoyed a genuine triumph in the stage production. Nor can one forget the dramatic performance of Jeremy Ovenden in Tamerlano, or the beauty of the voices of Ann Hallenberg, Sophie Karthäuser, Delphine Galou and the countertenor Christophe Dumaux.

Total timing: 378' 58

BD50, 16/9, stereo 5.1

Subtitles: Fr, Eng, Ger, Nl

"Audi's post-Baroque stagings are often astutely deliberate in pacing and action, and are designed simply but artfully ...Rousset copiously sprinkles magical fairy dust in a fantastic performance of the music. From the first bow-stroke of the Overture, Les Talens Lyriques play with exceptional mastery of textures, moods and styles...This is essential viewing for those who take Handel as a dramatist seriously." Gramophone DVD of the Month January 2017

"The Alcina cast is led by Sandrine Piau's involving enchantress, who keeps Maite Beaumont's outstanding Ruggiero in thrall…[Tamerlano is] beautifully sung by Christophe Dumaux…Karthäuser is spirited as the deposed Sultan's daughter Asteria, with Delphine Galou lyrical and convincingly male as Andronico…Rousset draws vigorous playing from Les Talens Lyriques, whose tonal richness matches their virtuosity" BBC Music