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Love in Bath is a suite of music compiled in 1945 from the music of George Frideric Handel by the British conductor Sir Thomas Beecham for a ballet entitled The Great Elopement.

Set in 18th-century Bath, the ballet depicts the love affair between the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan and Elizabeth Linley (daughter of the composer Thomas Linley), all presided over by the famous dandy Beau Nash.

The music is mostly taken from Handel's operas Rodrigo, Serse, Ariodante and Il pastor fido.

Recording

G.F. Handel, Solomon, Love in Bath. Sir Thomas Beecham cond. Beecham Choral Society and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. EMI 7243 5 86516 2 1

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