Emotional Ambush
Monday, July 11th, 2005Handel Arias: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket, conductor. Avie AV0030.
The female voice is the most poignant weapon available to a composer, and it is used here with power, control, elegance, and delicacy. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson sang some of this music at Glyndebourne (Handel’s opera “Theodora,” available on DVD—Amazon.com […]