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Composer: Georg Friederich Handel
Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Performer: Della Jones, Derek Lee Ragin, Donna Brown, Alastair Miles
Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists
Audio CD (6 Oct 2004)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 3
Format: Box set
Label: Philips
ASIN: B0000041JV
Average Customer Review: (1 customer review)

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Disc: 1
1. Sinfonia - English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner	Listen
2. Nerone, amato, figlio! - Della Jones, Derek Lee Ragin, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
3. Col saggio tuo consiglio - Derek Lee Ragin, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner	Listen
4. Per cos� grande impresa - Della Jones, George Mosley, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
5. La mia sorte fortunata - George Mosley, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner	Listen
6. Or che Pallante � vinto - Della Jones, Jonathan Peter Kenny, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Disc: 2
1. Che mai far�!...E quando mai i frutti...Pur al fin si riand� - Donna Brown, Della Jones, Alastair Miles, Julian Clarkson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
2. Non ho cor che per amarti - Della Jones, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner	Listen
3. Se Ottone m'ingann�...Se giunge un dispetto - Donna Brown, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
4. Dunque noi siam traditi? - Jonathan Peter Kenny, George Mosley, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
5. Coronato il crin d'alloro...Roma, pi� ch'il trionfo - Donna Brown, Della Jones, Derek Lee Ragin, Jonathan Peter Kenny, Michael Chance, George Mosley, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner	Listen
6. Ecco il superbo - Donna Brown, Della Jones, Derek Lee Ragin, Jonathan Peter Kenny, Michael Chance, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Disc: 3
1. Di giunger non dispero al mio desire - Della Jones, Jonathan Peter Kenny, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
2. Sperer�, poi che mel dice - Jonathan Peter Kenny, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner	Listen
3. Per dar la pace al core - Della Jones, Alastair Miles, Julian Clarkson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
4. Basta sol che tu chieda - Alastair Miles, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner	Listen
5. Favorevol la sorte oggi m'arride...Ogni vento ch'al porto lo spinga - Della Jones, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
6. Il caro Ottone al precipizio io spinsi - Donna Brown, Michael Chance, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Agrippina is gripping, 24 Jul 2003

By	Mr. T. Harvey "trevorbelmont2" (London) - See all my reviews

Those of you who enjoy Handel operas and look forward to their big set piece arias so typical of his style, may initially be disappointed with 'Agrippina' which is characterised by extensive recitative and short arias.The effect is to make this early Handel opera (it was first performed in 1709 in Venice ) more of a music drama than many of his later ones which I find less than convincing dramatically. Whilst the music has the Handel stamp all over it, 'Agrippina' can be seen as the summation of the 17th century Monteverdi/Cavalli operatic tradition.
The arias are all uniformly of a high standard with Ottone's (Michael Chance) 'Voi che udite il mio lamento' (CD2 Track 12) being particularly outstanding.
Gardiner keeps the long sections of recitative moving swiftly helped by an excellent libretto and storyline with characters familiar to many listeners from Roman history and indeed, other operas. Because the arias are shorter than we normally expect with Handel, I find they made more of an impact. Some are accompanied by the continuo instruments only, others by the full orchestra.
The playing and singing on the 3 CDs is exemplary. This is an outstanding Handel opera recording.

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