Ariodante
by George Frederic Handel
Recommended recording
Of the two recent excellent recordings of Handel’s Ariodante, the one recorded by Mark Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre is generally considered the better. Anne Sofie von Otter, Lynne Dawson, and Ewa Podles star. The French magazine Diapason in its May 2001 issue numbered this recording among the thirty indispensable recordings of baroque opera. “[C]ette interprétation flamboyante . . . figure déjà parmi les éternels du disque.” Available from amazon.com
