Release Date: 02 October 2020
Label: Cameo Classics - Cd / Cameo Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5020926912725
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: George Frideric Handel
Description
Apollo e Dante, Harp Concerto in B-flat, Concerto Grosso in B-flat Beyond its musical riches, this medley of 1950s BBC radio broadcasts (from the Richard Itter Collection) opens a portal on England’s post-war Handelian revival. It is no accident that all these performances involve Thurston Dart, as harpsichordist, conductor or musicologist. His energy inspired a generation of musicians to explore neglected works by Handel and a host of other baroque composers, in a lithe chamber style more appropriate to their work than the heavyweight, orchestral grandeur favoured by previous generations. The efforts of Dart and other performers featured here paved the way for those more radical, ‘historically informed’ performance practices, which swept all before them in later decades.
