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Arias For Guadagni - The First Modern Castrato

Iestyn Davies; Jonathan Cohen: Arcangelo

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67924

Release Date:  01 June 2012

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571179247

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    British countertenor Iestyn Davies is one of the fastest rising stars on the concert and opera circuit. Following his highly acclaimed recording of Porpora cantatas, he returns for a second solo album with Hyperion, a selection of arias written for Gaetano Guadagni. Italian-born Guadagni was the first ‘modern’ castrato, famed all over Europe for the lyric purity of his voice and his powerful, naturalistic acting style. Not only did he enjoy a close artistic relationship with Handel, who nurtured Guadagni’s voice to fit the alto roles in his English oratorios, but he effectively created the role of Orpheus in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, an opera he thoroughly made his own. Here, Iestyn Davies is joined again by the renowned period-instrument band Arcangelo, directed by Jonathan Cohen.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. O Lord, whose mercies numberless (from Saul ) (HANDEL)
      • 2. The rapturd soul (from Theodora) (HANDEL)
      • 3. Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay (from The Choice of Hercules) (HANDEL)
      • 4. Destructive war (from Belshazzar) (HANDEL)
      • 5. Accompagnato Ah che dissi! (JOHANN ADOLF HASSE)
      • 6. Aria Se resto sul lido (from Didone abbandonata) (JOHANN ADOLF HASSE)
      • 7. Fanfare & Recitative Odi colà la frigia tromba? (JOHANN ADOLF HASSE)
      • 8. Aria A trionfar mi chiama (from Didone abbandonata) (JOHANN ADOLF HASSE)
      • 9. Say, lovely Dream! (from The Fairies) (JOHN CHRISTOPHER SMITH)
      • 10. Vengeance, O come inspire me! (from Alfred)(THOMAS ARNE)
      • 11. Orchester-Sinfonie in D major H663 (CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH)
      • 12. Ah! non turbi il mio riposo (from Telemaco) (CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD, RITTER VON GLUCK )
      • 13. Ballo The Dance of the Blessed Spirits (CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD, RITTER VON GLUCK )
      • 14. Arioso Che puro ciel! (from Orfeo ed Euridice) (CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD, RITTER VON GLUCK )
      • 15. Recitative Ahimè! Dove trascorsi? (CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD, RITTER VON GLUCK )
      • 16. Aria Che farò senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) (CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD, RITTER VON GLUCK )
      • 17. Pensa a serbarmi, o cara (GAETANO GUADAGNI )