Elin Manahan Thomas presents highlights of a concert of Handel given by Magdalena Kožená and the Venice Baroque Orchestra at the George Enescu International Festival and Competition in Bucharest. A selection of opera arias are interspersed with his Concerto Grossi.
Concerto grosso in G, HWV 319
Venti, turbini, from Rinaldo
Overture to Ariodante
'Verdi prati' from Alcina
'Se pietà di me non senti' from Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Concerto grosso in A minor, HWV 322
'Pensieri, voi mi tormentate' from Agrippina
Magdalena Kožená
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (director).
Concerto grosso in G, HWV 319
Venti, turbini, from Rinaldo
Overture to Ariodante
'Verdi prati' from Alcina
'Se pietà di me non senti' from Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Concerto grosso in A minor, HWV 322
'Pensieri, voi mi tormentate' from Agrippina
Magdalena Kožená
Venice Baroque Orchestra
Andrea Marcon (director).