034571178424

Handel: Handel's Finest Arias For Base Voice, Vol. 1

Christopher Purves; Jonathan Cohen: Arcangelo

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67842

Release Date:  01 December 2012

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571178424

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

  • Description

    ‘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.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. <b>Sibilar gli angui d& pos;Aletto</b> Aria from <i>Rinaldo</i> HWV7a [4
      • 2. <b>I rage, I melt, I burn! </b> Accompagnato [1& pos;21]
      • 3. <b>O ruddier than the cherry</b> Air [3& pos;13] from <i>Acis and Galatea<
      • 4. /<b>Fra l& pos;ombre e gl& pos;orrori</b> Aria from <i>Aci, Galatea e Polif
      • 5. <b>If I give thee honour due</b> Recitative [0& pos;12]
      • 6. <b>Mirth, admit me of thy crew</b> Air [2& pos;34] from <i>L& pos;Allegro,
      • 7. <b>Qual& pos;insolita luce</b> Accompagnato [1& pos;09]
      • 8. <b>Caddi, è ver</b> Aria [4& pos;15] from <i>La Resurrezione</i> HWV47
      • 9. <b>Tears, such as tender fathers shed</b> Air from <i>Deborah</i> HWV51 [2&a
      • 10. <b>To pow& pos;r immortal my first thanks are due</b> Air from <i>Belshazzar&l
      • 11. <b>Impari ognun da Orlando</b> Accompagnato [1& pos;11]
      • 12. <b>Sorge infausta una procella</b> Aria [4& pos;35] from <i>Orlando</i>
      • 13. <b>Racks, gibbets, sword and fire</b> Air from <i>Theodora</i> HWV68 [3&
      • 14. <b>Volate più dei venti</b> Aria from <i>Muzio Scevola</i> HWV13 [3& po
      • 15. <b>Vieni, o cara</b> Aria from <i>Agrippina</i> HWV6 [1& pos;45]
      • 16. <b>Nel mondo e nell& pos;abisso</b> Aria from <i>Riccardo Primo, Re d& pos
      • 17. <b>Mie piante correte</b> Aria [2& pos;50]
      • 18. <b>Cara pianta</b> Aria [7& pos;27] from <i>Apollo e Dafne</i> HWV122
      • 19. <b>Revenge, Timotheus cries</b> Air from <i>Alexander& pos;s Feast</i> H
      • 20. <b>Leave me, loathsome light</b> Air from <i>Semele</i> HWV58 [3& pos;40