Handel: Fra l’ombre e gl’orrori (from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo)

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Handel: Finest Arias for Base Voice

Handel: Finest Arias for Base Voice


Handel:

Sibilar gl'angui d'Aletto (from Rinaldo)

Fra l’ombre e gl’orrori (from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo)

I rage, I melt, I burn…O ruddier than the cherry (from Acis and Galatea)

L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato: If I give thee honour due

L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato: Mirth, admit me of thy crew

La Resurrezione: Qual'insolita luce

La Resurrezione: Caddi, è ver

Deborah: Tears, such as tender fathers shed

Belshazzar: To pow'r immortal my first thanks are due

Impari ognun da Orlando (from Orlando)

Sorge infausta una procella (from Orlando)

Theodora, HWV 68: Racks, gibbets, sword and fire

Muzio Scevola, HWV13: Volate più dei venti

Vieni, o cara (from Agrippina)

Nel mondo e nell'abisso (from Riccardo Primo)

Mie piante, correte from Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122

Apollo e Dafne: Cara pianta

Alexander's Feast: Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries

Semele: Leave me, loathsome light


‘With his acting chops and weighty bass-baritone, Purves in full cry is a splendid and fearful spectacle’ (The Times)

The magnificent Christopher Purves performs a recital of Handel’s bass arias. This unique collection demonstrates the range and brilliance of Handel’s writing for this voice, featuring a selection from Italian and English operas, English classical drama, Biblical oratorios, literary odes and a masque. Handel’s endlessly imaginative gift for characterization is fully explored here, with Purves commanding an extraordinary emotional and technical range from the buffo blustering of Polyphemus in Acis and Gatalea to the loving musings of Abinoam in ‘Tears, such as tender fathers shed’ from the oratorio Deborah.

“Possessing in effect two voices in one - a ringing, incisive high baritone with a sonorous bass extension...Purves's flair for specific characterisation enlivens every number on the disc...A counter...to the cliched notion that [Handel's] bass arias are all undifferentiated bluster.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2013

“Purves is a fine vocal actor, and we're continuously aware of the variety of Handel's style and the sharpness of his characterisation. The great moments are those in which the singing reveals the depths of Handel's psychological insight, above all in a scene from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, in which the monster Polifemo is suddenly shown to have immense nobility of soul.” The Guardian, 10th January 2013 ****

“Purves’ voice has a noble timbre and is informed by the keenest intelligence” Financial Times, 19th January 2013

“one to treasure both for the sensitive and well-sustained singing of Christopher Purves and for the wonderfully wide expressive range of Handel's music...Purves has an acute ear, serving well his intonation and lively feeling for characterisation...The pleasure of single-voice recitals can sometimes be tempered by repetitive mannerisms or exaggerated gestures. Purves avoids both, ensuring enjoyment” BBC Music Magazine, February 2013 *****

“He relishes verbal dexterity, and the sound of his rolling consonants in Racks, gibbets, sword and fire from Theodora is not easily forgotten, He shakes the word ‘racks’ around his mouth like a dog savaging a toy doll...This outstandingly good disc offers a wide range of music, feeling, texture and mood. Singer and accompanying group are perfectly matched in a sympathetic church acoustic.” MusicWeb International, January 2013

GGramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - January 2013

BBC Music Magazine

Opera Choice - February 2013

Hyperion - CDA67842

(CD)

$17.25

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Handel: Arias & Duets (The Anniversary Edition 1759-2009)

Handel: Arias & Duets (The Anniversary Edition 1759-2009)


Handel:

Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù (from Serse)

David Daniels (countertenor)

Orchestra of the Age Enlightenment, Roger Norrington

Dove sei, amato bene? (from Rodelinda)

David Daniels (countertenor)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Roger Norrington

Pompe vane di morte! (from Rodelinda)

David Daniels (countertenor)

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Roger Norrington

Armida abbandonata: Ma che parlo, che dico

Véronique Gens (soprano)

Les Basses Réunies

Armida abbandonata: In tanti affanni miei

Véronique Gens (soprano)

Les Basses Réunies

Scherzano sul tuo volto (from Rinaldo)

Patrizia Ciofi (soprano) & Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)

Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

E vivo ancore?...Scherza, infida (from Ariodante)

Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor)

Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

Fra l’ombre e gl’orrori (from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo)

Laurent Naouri baritone (Polifemo), Sandrine Piau soprano (Aci) & Sara Mingardo alto (Galatea)

Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

Duetto: Sorge il di Aci/Galatea from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo

Laurent Naouri baritone (Polifemo), Sandrine Piau soprano (Aci) & Sara Mingardo alto (Galatea)

Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

Amor, qual nuova fiamma mi risvegli nel core (from Admeto)

René Jacobs alto (Admeto) & Rachel Yakar soprano (Antigona)

Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

La tigre arde di sdegno (from Admeto)

René Jacobs alto (Admeto) & Rachel Yakar soprano (Antigona)

Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

Per me si strugge (from Admeto)

René Jacobs alto (Admeto) & Rachel Yakar soprano (Antigona)

Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

E per monti, e per piani, et per selve Antigona (from Admeto, re di Tessaglia)

René Jacobs alto (Admeto) & Rachel Yakar soprano (Antigona)

Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

Hercules: Where shall I fly?

Stephanie Blythe (contralto)

Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, John Nelson

Splenda l’alba in oriente, cantata, HWV 166

Gérard Lesne (alto)

Il Seminario Musicale

As steals the morn (from L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato)

Ian Bostridge (tenor) & Lynne Dawson (soprano)

Bach Choir & Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, John Nelson

Un pensiero nemico di pace (from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno)

Natalie Dessay (soprano)

Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

Fatto scorta al sentier della Gloria (from Arminio)

Vivica Genaux mezzo-soprano (Arminio) & Riccardo Ristori bass (Segeste)

Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

Fiaccherò quel fiero orgoglio (from Arminio)

Vivica Genaux mezzo-soprano (Arminio) & Riccardo Ristori bass (Segeste)

Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

Verdi prati (from Alcina)

Della Jones mezzo-soprano (Ruggiero) & Arleen Auger soprano (Alcina)

City of London Baroque Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Ombre pallide (from Alcina)

Della Jones mezzo-soprano (Ruggiero) & Arleen Auger soprano (Alcina)

City of London Baroque Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Duetto: Prendi l’alma e prendi il core Rodrigo/Esilena from Rodrigo

Gloria Banditelli mezzo-soprano (Rodrigo) & Sandrine Piau soprano (Esilena)

Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

Nasconde l’usignol (from Deidamia)

Suzie LeBlanc (soprano) & Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)

Teatro Lirico, Stephen Stubbs

Nel riposo e nel contento (from Deidamia)

Suzie LeBlanc (soprano) & Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)

Teatro Lirico, Stephen Stubbs

Della guerra la caccia ha sembianza (from Deidamia)

Simone Kermes soprano (Deidamia), Antonio Abete baritone (Licomede) & Anna Bonitatibus mezzo-soprano (Ulisse)

Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

Tanti strali al sen mi scocchi, HWV 197

Suzie LeBlanc (soprano) & Derek Lee Ragin (countertenor)

Teatro Lirico, Stephen Stubbs

Se'il mio duol (Rodelinda)

Sophie Daneman (soprano)

The Raglan Baroque Players, Nicholas Kraemer

Caro autor di mia doglia, arcadian duet HWV 182a

Patricia Petibon (soprano) & Paul Agnew (tenor)

Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm

Cara speme (from Giulio Cesare)

David Daniels (countertenor)

Orchestra of the Age Enlightenment, Roger Norrington

Va tacito e nascosto (from Giulio Cesare)

David Daniels (countertenor)

Orchestra of the Age Enlightenment, Roger Norrington


This ravishing selection of arias and duets is drawn from some of Handel’s finest vocal works, among them the operas Xerxes (source of the famous ‘Largo’), Ariodante, with its gripping ‘Scherza, infida’, and, perhaps his most popular works for the stage, Giulio Cesare and Alcina.

The generously-filled discs (two CDs for the price of one) also include the complete cantata Splenda l’alba in oriente and excerpts the dramatic cantata Armida abbandonata, the English ode L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, and the exquisite Neapolitan serenata Aci, Galatea e Polifemo.

An international cast of outstanding Handelians includes Philippe Jaroussky, Natalie Dessay, David Daniels, Véronique Gens, Ian Bostridge, Joyce DiDonato, Stephanie Blythe, Janet Baker, Vivica Genaux, Gérard Lesne, James Bowman..

Virgin - 6960352

(CD - 2 discs)

$17.00

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Bellissimo Baroque

Bellissimo Baroque

Handel & Vivaldi Arias


Handel:

Non hò cor che per amarti (from Agrippina)

Quando invita (from Agrippina)

Ogni vento (from Agrippina)

Coll'ardor del tuo bel core (from Agrippina)

Come nube, che fugge dal vento (from Agrippina)

Se vuoi pace (from Agrippina)

Véronique Gens (Agrippina), Philippe Jaroussky (Nerone)

La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire

Voli colla sua tromba (from Ariodante)

Scherza, infida (from Ariodante)

Il mio crudel martoro (from Ariodante)

Ann Hallenberg (Ariodante), Laura Cherici (Ginevra), Carlo Lepore (Il Re)

Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

Sforzano a piangere (from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo)

Benchè tuoni e l’etra avvampi (from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo)

Fra l’ombre e gl’orrori (from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo)

Sara Mingardo (Galatea), Antonio Abete (Polifemo)

Cappella della Pietà de’ Turchini, Antonio Florio

Vivaldi:

Fuggi dal guardo mio (from Catone in Utica)

S’andrà senza pastore (from Catone in Utica)

Come invano il mar irato (from Catone in Utica)

Dal timor dallo spavento (from Motezuma)

Dallo sdegno che m’accende (from Motezuma)

Montezuma, RV 723: Dov' è la figlia

Gemma Bertagnolli (Asprano), Franziska Gottwald (Cortés), Vito Priante (Motezuma)

Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis


Dynamic - CDS705

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Ildebrando D'Arcangelo - Handel Arias

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo - Handel Arias


Handel:

Io di Roma il Giove sono (from Agrippina)

Lascia amor, e siegui marte (from Orlando)

Ove son! Che m'avvemme! (from Siroe, re di persia)

Gelido in ogni vena from Siroe, re di persia, HWV 24

Tirannia gli diede il regno from Rodelinda, HWV 19

Invida sorte from Ariodante, HWV 33

Voli colla sua tromba (from Ariodante)

Fra l’ombre e gl’orrori (from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo)

Mie piante, correte from Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122

Tu sei il cor di questo core (from Giulio Cesare)

Già risonar d'intorno (from Ezio)

Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù (from Serse)

Tu del ciel ministro eletto (Il Triompho del Tempo e del Disinganno)

Sorge infausta una procella (from Orlando)

Al sen ti stringo e parto (from Ariodante)

Sibilar gl'angui d'Aletto from Rinaldo, HWV 7a


Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass-baritone)

This is the solo debut of one of the most exciting bass-baritones of today.

Expertly advised by Baroque expert, Francesco Lora, D'Arcangelo fashions his debut album into a panoramic sweep of Italian Handel arias for bass-baritone.

Mixing well-known and rare, lyric with highly virtuosic, D'Arcangelo's phenomenal Handel shows the versatility and wide range of Handel’s compositions for bass-baritone and the vocal capacity of the singer to master this programme.

Undeniably appealing to all voice and Baroque music lovers, this album will excite music lovers well beyond.

“D'Arcangelo articulates rapid-fire coloratura efficiently throughout…” BBC Music Magazine, December 2009

DG - 4778361

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$17.25

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