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Title: What version of the score was used?
Review: I have a number of versions of the score for this, and there are a lot of pitch and rhythm changes in this performance that are NOT based on what Handel wrote (and I am not talking about solo vocal passages, with their rather awful improvisations...but ensemble).The tenor is awful! He sings sharp at important points. The Basso Continuo is completely lost in ensemble.Marriner himself seems to give a very perfunctory, uninspired reading.The strings and brass are, as usual, fine.Therefore, I completely disagreee with everyone that has written here.
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