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Joyce DiDonato’s heart-breaking performance of Handel’s Agrippina
‘Maxim Emelyanychev hits the sweet spot in his tempos, dynamics and realisations, the score aiming to mirror Handel’s lost original'
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Handel
Agrippina
Joyce DiDonato, Franco Fagioli, Elsa Benoit, Luca Pisaroni, Jakub Józef Orliński, Andrea Mastroni, Carlo Vistoli, Biagio Pizzuti, Marie-Nicole Lemieux; Il P’omo d’Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev
Erato 9029533658 229:41 mins (3 discs)
‘DiDonato commands the vocal pyrotechnics, dramatic depth, personal charisma and absolute diction that her role demands.’ Berta Joncus
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