Hervey Alan & Dame Joan Sutherland & William Herbert & Bernadette Greevy & Forbes Robinson - Handel: Arias (2017)

Tracklist
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01. Handel: Ottone-Vieni O Figlio
02. Handel: Partenope / Act 1-Voglio dire
03. Handel: Alexander Balus-Convey Me To Some Peaceful Shore
04. Handel: Alcina / Act 2-Verdi prati, selve amene
05. Handel: Ottone-La speranza e giunta
06. Handel: Admeto / Act 1-Cangio d'aspetto (How changed the vision)
07. Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 34 / Act 1-"Dove sei, amato bene?"
08. Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 2-"Lascia ch'io pianga"
09. Handel: Atalanta / Act 1-Care selve
10. Handel: Cantata: Clori, Tirsi e Fileno 'Cor fedele' Dramatic Cantata, HMV96 (1707)-La Rondinella
11. Handel: Alcina, HWV 34 / Act 1-Tornami a vagheggiar
12. Handel: Alcina, HWV 34 / Act 2-"Ah! Ruggiero crudel-Ombre pallide"
13. Handel: Giulio Cesare / Act 2-"V'adoro, pupille"
14. Handel: Giulio Cesare / Act 3-Da tempeste il legno infranto
15. Handel: Samson HWV 57/ Act 2-With Plaintive Note
16. Handel: Samson HWV 57 / Act 3-"Let The Bright Seraphim"
17. Handel: Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 2-"Tune Your Harps To Cheerful Strains"
18. Handel: Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 6-"Turn Not, O Queen, Thy Face Away"
19. Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV.75 / Pt. 2-"Revenge, Revenge, Timotheus Cries"-"Behold, A Ghastly Band"
20. Handel: Ezio (or Aetius), HWV 29-"Se un bell'ardire"
21. Handel: Susanna, HWV 66 / Act 1-Peace Crown'd With Roses
22. Handel: Hercules, HWV 60 / Act 1-The God Of Battle Quits The Bloody Field
23. Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act 2-O Ruddier Than The Cherry
24. Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 / Pt. 2-Aria: "Wide Spread His Name" (Valens)-Sc.1
25. Handel: Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 / Pt. 1-I Feel The Deity Within... Arm, Arm Ye Brave
26. Handel: Berenice, HWV 38 / Act 2-"Sì, tra i ceppi"
27. Handel: Semele, HWV 58 / Act 3-Leave Me, Loathsome Light
28. Handel: Alcina, HWV 34 / Act 2-"Pensa a chi geme"
29. Handel: Samson, HWV 57 / Act 2-Honour And Arms Scorn Such A Foe


A newly compiled anthology of Decca recordings on Eloquence surveys the healthy state of Handel singing in England in the 1960s, before this music became the preserve of musicians and singers within the period-instrument movement. This generous (145-minute) collection is based around a pair of newly re-mastered recital albums made by the contralto Bernadette Greevy and the bass Forbes Robinson. Greevy was a true contralto in the tradition of Kathleen Ferrier, Helen Watts, Janet Baker and Norma Procter. Her 1965-56 recital was drawn from a wide range of Handel's Italian operas (Ottone, Partenope, Alcina, Admeto, Rodelinda, Rinaldo, Atalanta), and it displayed the richness of her voice to fullest advantage, as well as formidable vocal technique and excellent Italian diction. Robinson's 1966 recital represents a wide spectrum of the composer's music in opera, ode, masque and oratorio from 1719 through the 1740s, including familiar favourites ('O ruddier than the cherry' in Acis and Galatea) alongside much rarer delights such as 'Si, tra i ceppi' from the early Berenice.

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