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The Freiburg Baroque Orchestra excel in the Concerti a due cori. Plus discs from the Mozartists and Ensemble DeNote

• Among the gloriously diverse music at the recent royal wedding, the traditional ceremonial music of Handel still featured with a new twist, at the heart-stopping moment when “Eternal source of light divine” rang out at the entry of the (solo) bride. There’s something unique about Handel’s elemental ability to conjure up this magic: a new disc of his Concerti a due cori by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra (Harmonia Mundi) bursts with life and reanimates these neglected works.