{"product_id":"roberta-invernizzi_aci-galatea-e-polifemo_2013_disco-virgin-music-group","title":"Aci, Galatea e Polifemo","description":"Fabio Bonizzoni returns to the record with a long-awaited work, Aci, Galatea e Polifemo by Handel, which is both the counterpart to his multi-award-winning series of cantatas by the Caro Sassone and a progression in the exploration of the Serenata (of which he has recorded, also with Glossa, gems from the catalogs of Vivaldi and Alessandro Scarlatti). And once again, Bonizzoni could not have chosen better - for the role of the unfortunate shepherd Acis - than the sparkling soprano Roberta Invernizzi, whose captivating interpretations of Handel's cantatas with La Risonanza and of Neapolitan baroque music from her recent disc with Antonio Florio, I Viaggi di Faustina, have garnered critical acclaim and delighted listeners. To express the dramatic energy and shimmering virtuosity of the score written for a princely wedding during Handel's Neapolitan stay (which Carlo Vitali's essay brings to life with finesse), Roberta Invernizzi is joined by two other stars of baroque music: the French mezzo-soprano Blandine Staskiewicz, who admirably evokes the plaintive charms of Galatea, and the Argentine bass Lisandro Abadie, who displays a range of terrifying nuances fitting with the monstrosity of Polifemo. And finally, the orchestration - which is not the least attraction of this new Glossa disc made in Saint-Michel en Thiérache, nor the least quality of the young Handel demanding the utmost from the instrumental forces at his disposal - shines in the exuberant sunlight of La Risonanza.","brand":"Roberta Invernizzi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57808370073944,"sku":null,"price":23373251.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en-us\/products\/roberta-invernizzi_aci-galatea-e-polifemo_2013_disco-virgin-music-group","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}