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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... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Vocal Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2013, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Vocal
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Opera, May 2013, Recording of the Month
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Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice, Vol. 2 Christopher Purves (baritone)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Some of Handel’s greatest music was written for bass-baritones, and in Purves finds its ideal interpreter. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2018, Editor's Choice
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Handel: Messiah RecommendedCarolyn Sampson, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mark Padmore, Christopher Purves
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Three of the four outstanding soloists - fine Handelians all - cut their teeth in the choir, and Catherine Wyn-Rogers has been a regular soloist. Crucially they don't stand apart, regally dispensing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th August 2008
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Building a Library, April 2009, First Choice
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Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245 James Gilchrist (Evangelist), Matthew Rose (Jesus), Ashley Riches (Pilatus), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Sarah Connolly (alto), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Christopher Purves (bass)
Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr
No one could accuse Richard Egarr of skimping in this new John Passion...It's not just the pedigree of the solo line-up that oozes luxury...Egarr whips up venomous indignation for the crowd's... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Baroque Vocal
2 CDs
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Handel: Saul RecommendedChristopher Purves (Saul), Iestyn Davies (David), Lucy Crowe (Merab), Sophie Bevan (Michal), Paul Appleby (Jonathan), Benjamin Hulett (High Priest) & John Graham-Hall (Witch of Endor)
The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Barrie...
Pivotal is Christopher Purves’s Saul – surely the father-in-law from hell should the Goliath-slaying David choose his daughter Michal (or son Jonathan – tenderly sung by Paul Appleby). Purves... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Opera, December 2015, Recording of the Month
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Handel: Saul Christopher Purves (Saul), Sarah Connolly (David), Robert Murray (Jonathan), Elizabeth Atherton (Merab), Joélle Harvey (Michal), Mark Dobell (High Priest), Jeremy Budd (Witch of Endor) & Stuart Young (Ghost of Samuel)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
the choruses are always beautifully contoured, as is the incisive playing of The Sixteen's house band. Christopher Purves and Sarah Connolly all but steal the show: Purves's splenetic Saul is... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
3 CDs
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Handel: Esther Rosemary Joshua, James Bowman, Susan Bickley, Christopher Purves, Rebecca Outram & Andrew Kennedy
London Handel Choir, Laurence Cummings
Lawrence Cummings emphasises the music's dramatic quality and generally paces it well… Rosemary Joshua in the title role sings the text as vividly as she does the notes. Christopher Purves... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
2 CDs
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo Charles Daniels (Orfeo), Faye Newton (Euridice), Emily Van Evera (Messaggiera), Clare Wilkinson (Speranza/Proserpina), Curtis Streetman (Caronte), Christopher Purves (Plutone), Anna Dennis (Ninfa), Guy Pelc (Apollo)
Taverner Consort & Players, Andrew Parrott
Daniels is magnificent in the title role - technically brilliant...impassioned...and lyrically supple...The rest of the cast is also good...Faye Newton is a pure and effective Euridice...As one... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, Opera Choice
2 CDs
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Handel: Saul RecommendedChristopher Purves (Saul), Iestyn Davies (David), Lucy Crowe (Merab), Sophie Bevan (Michal), Paul Appleby (Jonathan), Benjamin Hulett (High Priest) & John Graham-Hall (Witch of Endor)
The Glyndebourne Chorus & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ivor Bolton (conductor) & Barrie...
Pivotal is Christopher Purves’s Saul – surely the father-in-law from hell should the Goliath-slaying David choose his daughter Michal (or son Jonathan – tenderly sung by Paul Appleby). Purves... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Opera, December 2015, Recording of the Month
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The Rose and the Ostrich Feather RecommendedEton Choirbook Volume 1
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Early Music
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