Handel Uncaged: Cantatas for Alto The Queen's Six Already hailed as his country’s

Already hailed as his country’s foremost composer

From the long-lost Scherzo

each highly spirited and improvisatory Caprice is framed by a selection from Gallay's Préludes mesurés et nonmesurés

the five composers of the From Home commissions have wrestled with the questions that have arisen through this turbulent year

The three arrangements presented on this disc – the Egmont Overture

Handel Uncaged: Cantatas for Alto The Queen's Six Already hailed as his country’sLawrence Zazzo (countertenor) Jonathan Manson (viola da gamba) Andrew Maginley (theorbo & guitar) Guillermo Brachetta (harpsichord) George Frideric Handels early Italian cantatas were a laboratory for his vocal writing, daring experiments in melody and harmony upon which Handel drew for the rest of his composing life. In Handel Uncaged, the internationally renowned countertenor Lawrence Zazzo has uncaged a selection of these cantatas for the alto