This page lists all recordings of Samson: Total eclipse!, by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) on CD & download (MP3 & FLAC). Generally, more recent releases are listed first, but with priority given to those that are in stock. |
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“Beyond a forgivable desire to rehabilitate the Handel tenor, I have tried in this recording to represent one essential but fugitive quality of Handel’s - his protean nature, his ability to recreate himself while remaining essentially the same.” Ian Bostridge “Bostridge is sharply attuned to the subtlety of Handel's work setting, colouring his sound with a rich palette of timbres and effects: sonorous and sensuous in 'Ombra mai fù', hauntingly stark in 'Total eclipse'. …Harry Bicket's direction is sensitive and unfussy - tempos are well-judged, allowing him to shape Handel's long-breathed melodic lines with supple grace.” BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007 **** “...high points of the disc include Where'er you walk, and the uplifting Comfort ye…Ev'ry valley from The Messiah. However, with Bostridge's vocal precision and smooth tone the whole disc is undoubtedly an enjoyable listen.” Charlotte Gardner, bbc.co.uk, 16th January 2008 “Bostridge’s care over colouring and shading refreshes numerous chestnuts...No self-conscious art here; it’s the music that speaks.” The Times, 13th July 2007 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Handel: | Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove (Alceste, Act IV) Semele: Where'er you walk Urne voi (Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Part I) Forte e lieto (from Tamerlano) Oh per me lieto, avventuroso giorno! (from Tamerlano) Figlia mia (from Tamerlano) Tu, spietato (from Tamerlano) Samson: Total eclipse! Samson: Did love constrain thee? Samson: Your charms to ruin led the way Samson: Let but that spirit Samson: Then shall I make Jehovah's glory known! Thus when the sun from’s watry bed (Samson) Fatto inferno…Pastorello d'un povero armento (from Rodelinda) Esther: Tune your harps to cheerful strains Heav'n smiles once more … (Jephtha, Act II, 2) Jephtha: His mighty arm Jephtha: Waft her, angels, through the skies As steals the morn (from L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato) |
A dramatic collection of solo arias and scenes for tenor drawn for oratorio and opera - some of Handel's most lovely music, brilliantly performed by Mark Padmore and The English Concert, led by Andrew Manze. The concluding duet As steals the morn with soprano Lucy Crowe is an added bonus. “Tenors are fighter pilots - dashing, heroic, unhappy out of the limelight - and Padmore is an ace among them, soaring through this disc on a velvet voice in various Handelian guises. Semele falls for
his smooth flattery in Where'er you walk', though he decelerates after the intro speed set by The English Consort under Andrew Manze. His blinded Samson is harrowingly persuasive in 'Total Eclipse',
he shows off impressive no-breath acrobatics in Jephtha and dramatises outrageously in the Tameriano extract. The alto Robin Blaze and the soprano Lucy Crow are his top-notch, bit-part crew.” The Times “Underpinned by Andrew Manze's unobtrusive and warm-hearted English Concert, Mark Padmore uses his extraordinary diction and whispering chamber-like intimacy to remind us that the most exalted tenor arias from Handel's operas and oratorios can achieve true potency out of context. Favourites like 'Where'er you walk' and 'Waft her, angels' appear to grow out of this varied programme without the sense of being lifted for a compilation; Padmore is a master of taste, restraint and unassuming gesture. 'Pastorello d'un povero' is a touching vignette and the soft singing elsewhere contributes to a concentrated and affecting juxtaposition of human vice and virtue in the Tamerlano scenas. As throughout, Padmore saves the greatest emotional impact for the da capos where coloration reaches new heights. Indeed, it is the joy in conveying the emotional core of each situation which marks out this disc. Graphic dramatic effects abound (not least the Sultan's gradual giving up the ghost in 'Figlia mia' with a croaking realism) but this is a disc which celebrates Handel's capacity for incisive human observation, achieved more through reflective means than showpiece coloratura. It's a persuasive and thoughtful approach. Padmore's lowest register can seem a touch insubstantial but this is a small gripe in a disc boasting – as its parting shot – the duet 'As steals the morn', a performance with the fine Lucy Crowe at her most alluring.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “Handel was one of the first Baroque composers to invest his talents in the tenor voice and here this unique English legacy is recalled. Through his shading, dynamic range and commitment to the text, Padmore seduces the listener.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Christoph Genz (tenor), with Julia Wagner (soprano) Handel Festival Orchestra, David Timm | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Ian Bostridge - 5 Classic Albums
Britten: | Les illuminations, Op. 18 Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31 with Radek Baborák (horn) Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle | Handel: | Semele: Where'er you walk Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket Messiah: Comfort ye my people and Ev'ry valley shall be exalted Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù (from Serse) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket Cosi la tortorella (from La Resurrezione) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket Love sounds the alarm (from Acis and Galatea) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket Love in her eyes sits playing (from Acis and Galatea) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket Happy We! (from Acis and Galatea) with Kate Royal (soprano) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket Scherza, infida (from Ariodante) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket Dopo notte (from Ariodante) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket Samson: Total eclipse! Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket As steals the morn (from L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato) with Kate Royal (soprano) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket Jephtha: Hide thou thy hated beams Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket Jephtha: Waft her, angels, through the skies Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket | Schubert: | Winterreise D911 with Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Geheimnis, D491 (Mayrhofer) with Antonio Pappano (piano) An Schwager Kronos, D369 with Antonio Pappano (piano) Widerschein, D949 with Antonio Pappano (piano) Schwanengesang, D957 with Antonio Pappano (piano) Abschied D475 (Mayrhofer) with Antonio Pappano (piano) | Wolf, H: | Der Musikant (No. 2 from Eichendorff-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Verschwiegene Liebe (No. 3 from Eichendorff-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Das Ständchen (No. 4 from Eichendorff-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Nachtzauber (No. 8 from Eichendorff-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Seemans Abschied (No. 17 from Eichendorff-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Der Genesene an die Hoffnung (No. 1 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Der Knabe und das Immlein (No. 2 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Begegnung (No. 8 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Nimmersatte Liebe (No. 9 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Verborgenheit (No. 12 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Im Frühling (No. 13 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Auf einer Wanderung (No. 15 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Um Mitternacht (No. 19 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Auf ein altes Bild (No. 23 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Gebet (No. 28 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) An den Schlaf (No. 29 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) An die Geliebte (No. 32 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Lied eines Verliebten (No. 43 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Peregrina I (No. 33 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Peregrina II (No. 34 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Der Jäger (No. 40 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Abschied (No. 53 from Mörike-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Gutmann und Gutweib (No. 13 from Goethe-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) Ganymed (No. 50 from Goethe-Lieder) with Antonio Pappano (piano) |
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