Handel - Imeneo (320 kbps .mp3)

Handel - Imeneo (320 kbps .mp3)

Presented by Petroc Trelawny

Christopher Hogwood conducts the Academy of Ancient Music in Handel's opera Imeneo, a vivid tale of piracy, lost love and the underworld.

01. Imeneo - Act I
01a. General introduction to Handel’s Imeneo
01b. Imeneo - Act II
01bi. Introduction to Imeneo Act II
01c. Imeneo - Act III
01ci. Introduction to Imeneo Act II

Handel: Imeneo

Rebecca Bottone (Rosmene)
Lucy Crowe (Clomiri)
Renata Pokupic (Tirinto)
Vittorio Prato (Imeneo)
Stephan Loges (Argenio)
Choir of the AAM
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

Premiered in 1740, this rarely-heard opera shows Handel at the height of his powers. At once an involving, moving drama and showpiece for a quintet of the finest singers, Imeneo is written on the grandest scale, bursting with tuneful invention.

Recorded live at the Barbican Hall, London 29 May 2013