Christopher Hogwood, Orchestra Giovanile di Venezia - George Frideric Handel: Agrippina (2000)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 665 Mb | Total time: 73:57+63:33+72:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Mondo Musica | # MFOF 10810 | Recorded: 1983
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 665 Mb | Total time: 73:57+63:33+72:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Mondo Musica | # MFOF 10810 | Recorded: 1983
Handel composed Agrippina at the end of a three-year sojourn in Italy. It premiered in Venice at the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo on 26 December 1709. It proved an immediate success and an unprecedented series of 27 consecutive performances followed. Observers praised the quality of the music—much of which, in keeping with the contemporary custom, had been borrowed and adapted from other works, including the works of other composers. Despite the evident public enthusiasm for the work, Handel did not promote further stagings.