Handel: Tu, spietato (from Tamerlano)

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Rolando Villazón - Handel Arias
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Handel:

Ciel e terra armi di sdegno (from Tamerlano)

Fatto inferno…Pastorello d'un povero armento (from Rodelinda)

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

Più che penso alle fiamme del core (from Serse)

Crude furie degli orridi abissi (from Serse)

Scherza, infida (from Ariodante)

Dopo notte (from Ariodante)

Oh per me lieto, avventuroso giorno! (from Tamerlano)

Fremi, minaccia...No, vo' seguirti anch'io (from Tamerlano)

O sempre avversi dei! (from Tamerlano)

with Rebecca Bottone (Asteria) & Jean Gandoullet (Tamerlano)

Figlia mia (from Tamerlano)

Tu, spietato (from Tamerlano)

Cosi la tortorella (from La Resurrezione)

Da capo embellishments by Jory Vinikour

Christopher Suckling (cello) & Robert Howarth (harpsichord)

Caro figlio! (from La Resurrezione)

Da capo embellishments by Jory Vinikour

Christopher Suckling (cello) & Robert Howarth (harpsichord)

Su la sponda del pigro Lete (from Tamerlano)


Rolando Villazón (tenor)

Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh

Rolando Villazón and Gabrieli Players maestro Paul McCreesh – a Gramophone award winner for his Haydn Creation in 2008 – energize an all-Italian Handel aria program that opens the door for his fans into the marvels of the Baroque repertoire. Had Handel known and composed for Rolando’s voice, Villazón’s ardent tenor could not more perfectly realize Handel’s grand, melodic style

All admirers of the tenor voice – not just Rolando Villazón’s numerous fans – will be swept off their feet into a love affair with his heartfelt Handel

Cielo e mar has sold almost 90,000 units to date worldwide, and this surprisingly different album is the perfect follow-up

This release was launched in perfect time for the celebration of the 250th anniversary of Handel’s death.

“It is splendid to hear a singer of abundant personality leaping into the suicide scene from Tamerlano with such dramatic authority. Listening to Villazón's lively rendition of Bajazet's "Ciel e terra armi di sdegno", I find myself eager to see him sing the role on stage. ...the enthusiasm seems infectious: McCreesh's Gabrieli Players have rarely sounded better and more dramatically attuned in this repertoire. This disc is zany in some ways, but offers fine rewards.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2009

“Villazón sings everything with such intensity and fire that you surrender to him. His performance of Ariodante's Scherza Infida is among the most beautiful and keenly felt on disc. If he'd been around in the 18th century, Handel would probably have adored him.” The Guardian, 10th April 2009 ****

“Villazón’s first number, one of three from Tamerlano, blasts us with a degree of bravura and sunshine rarely encountered among the regular male Baroque singers…” The Times, 20th March 2009 ***

GGramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - May 2009

DG - 4778056

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$16.99

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As Steals the Morn

As Steals the Morn

Handel - Arias & scenes for tenor


Handel:

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove (Alceste, Act IV)

Where'er you walk (from Semele)

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)

Total eclipse (Samson)

Did love constrain thee? (Samson, Act II, 2)

Your charms to ruin led the way

Let but that spirit …(Samson,Act III, 1)

Then shall I make …;

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)

His mighty arm (Jephtha, Act III, 1)

Jephtha: Waft her, angels, through the skies

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


Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

“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

“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

“Padmore reveals the composer's enormous affective range in singing that is variously passionate, tender and ardent. In this ravishing music Padmore is sympathetically partnered by Lucy Crowe with an intuitively responsive oboe obbligato by Katharina Spreckelsen. An outstanding recital.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2007 *****

“This is one of the most alluring recitals of its kind that has come my way for a very long time.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2007

GGramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - May 2007

BBC Music Magazine Awards 2008

Vocal Award Winner

Harmonia Mundi - HMU907422

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Handel - Famous Arias

Handel - Famous Arias


Handel:

Cor fedele, HWV 96: Va col canto

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Theodora, HWV 68: With Darkness deep

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Ottone, HWV 15: Vieni, o figlio, e mi consola

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Arianna in Creta, HWV 32: Mirami altero in volto

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Susanna, HWV 66: Guilt trembling spoke my doom

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Messiah: He was despised

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Qual nave smarrita from Radamisto

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Agrippina, HWV 6: Ogni vento

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Cor fedele, HWV 96: Barbaro

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Cor fedele, HWV 96: Amo Tirsi

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Angels, ever bright and fair

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Theodora, HWV 68: Oh! that I on wings could rise

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Susanna, HWV 66: Bending to the throne of glory

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (soprano)

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan

Neun deutsche Arien, HWV202-210

Dorothea Röschmann (soprano)

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin

Admeto, Ré di Tessaglia: Overture, Ballo di Larve, Orride larve & Chiudetevi, miei lumi

Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor)

Berlin Akademie for Alte Musik

Serse: Sinfonia, Frondi tenere, Ombra mai fú

Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor)

Berlin Akademie for Alte Musik

Giulio Cesare: Se in fiorito prato, Gigue, Va tacito

Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor)

Berlin Akademie for Alte Musik

Instrumental Suite from Radamisto

Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor)

Berlin Akademie for Alte Musik

Rodelinda: Pompe vano di morte, Dove sei, Sinfonia, Si, l'infida consorte, Confusa si miri

Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor)

Berlin Akademie for Alte Musik

Concerto grosso in C, HWV 318 'Alexander's Feast'

Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor)

Berlin Akademie for Alte Musik

Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove (Alceste, Act IV)

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Where'er you walk (from Semele)

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Urne voi (Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Part I)

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Forte e lieto (from Tamerlano)

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Oh per me lieto, avventuroso giorno! (from Tamerlano)

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Figlia mia (from Tamerlano)

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Tu, spietato (from Tamerlano)

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Total eclipse (Samson)

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Did love constrain thee? (Samson, Act II, 2)

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Your charms to ruin led the way

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Let but that spirit …(Samson,Act III, 1)

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Then shall I make …;

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Thus when the sun from’s watry bed (Samson)

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Fatto inferno…Pastorello d'un povero armento (from Rodelinda)

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Esther: Tune your harps to cheerful strains

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Heav'n smiles once more … (Jephtha, Act II, 2)

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

His mighty arm (Jephtha, Act III, 1)

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Jephtha: Waft her, angels, through the skies

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

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

Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato)

The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Telemann:

Quartets in E minor & G major

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin


“Hunt Lieberson is… outstanding in her selection, moving from opera to oratorio and between English and Italian with communicative ease.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2009 ****

Harmonia Mundi - Handel 250th Anniversary - HMX2908288/91

(CD - 4 discs)

$31.49

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