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Music for Easter

Christopher Hogwood directs the Academy of Ancient Music in Handel's oratorio La Resurrezione. Paul McCreesh conducts the Gabrieli Consort and Players in Bach's Easter Oratorio.

Two dramatic settings of the Easter story: Handel's Italian oratorio La Resurrezione and Bach's Easter Oratorio.

Handel
La Resurrezione, oratorio, HWV 47
Emma Kirkby, Patrizia Kwella (sopranos), Carolyn Watkinson (mezzo), Ian Partridge (tenor), David Thomas (bass)
Academy of Ancient Music
Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

Bach
Kommt, eilet und laufet (Easter Oratorio), BWV 249
Kimberly McCord (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Paul Agnew (tenor), Neal Davies (bass)
Gabrieli Consort and Players
Paul McCreesh (conductor).

2 hours, 35 minutes

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Sun 20 Apr 2014 21:55

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  • Sun 20 Apr 2014 21:55