About This Song
About "Rinaldo / Act 1 : Handel: Rinaldo / Act 1: Ouverture" by Christopher Hogwood
Handel's overture unfurls with regal, processional gravity—a curtain rising on a world of sorcery and crusades. The French-style dotted rhythms and stately strings create a poised calm that feels perpetually on the brink of eruption, a gilded doorway hiding a labyrinth of dangerous enchantments.