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Handel's "Silla"

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Première Recording of Handel's Opera in 3 Acts (2-CD set) - Sung in Italian. Libretto by Giacomo Rossi. Live recording of First London Performance - recorded in collaboration with the London Handel Society. The London Handel Orchestra - conducted by Denys Darlow. James Bowman • Simon Baker - Countertenors Joanne Lunn • Rachel Nicholls - Sopranos Natasha Marsh • Elizabeth Cragg - Sopranos Christopher Dixon - Bass This recording is of an exciting event since, until fairly recently, the work was known only from fragments of Handel's autograph and manuscript scores. "The performance is absolutely first-rate ...James Bowman sings the title role so freshly..."

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