Handel in Ireland
Based on Handel’s visit to Ireland in 1741, the album contains harpsichord music by Handel, Roseingrave and Carter, plus virtuosic operatic arrangements from Handel’s ‘Rinaldo’ by William Babell. As a bonus there are two tracks of popular Irish melodies; one a favourite of Handel, and the other written in a Handel manuscript. Both the Carter Sonatina and The Poor Irish Boy are previously unrecorded. Also included is a 16pp booklet with a fascinating summary of an article written for ‘Essays in Honour of Christopher Hogwood’.
Bridget Cunningham was supported by the Worshipful Company of Musicians as a Fellow of the Royal College of Music. The Finzi Trust awarded her a research scholarship to study Early Baroque Irish Music, which led on to her recording ‘Ireland’s Enchantment’ with her group ‘Emerald Baroque’ and specifically to researching music for this CD
£14.99 plus pp available from http://www.bridgetcunningham.org.uk/­recordings.php
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