Handel
Serse
Emily D’Angelo, Lucy Crowe, Paula Murrihy, Mary Bevan, Neal Davies; The English Concert/Harry Bicket
Linn Records CKD709 172:38 mins (3 discs)
With his ravishing, hilarious and profound recording, conductor Harry Bicket once again puts all rivals in the shade. Handel re-invented pastiche in this genre-busting 1738 work, heightening satire with virtuosity and spinning ‘borrowed’ melodies – mostly from the 1694 by his early career rival Giovanni Bononcini – to show off his own dazzling invention.
