Christopher Purves, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen - Handel: Finest Arias for Base (Bass) Voice, Vol. 1 (2012) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Rinaldo, HWV 7a, Act I: No. 10, Aria. Sibilar gli angui d'Aletto (Argante)
02. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 2, Accompagnato. I Rage, I Melt, I Burn! (Polyphemus)
03. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 3, Air. O Ruddier Than the Cherry (Polyphemus)
04. Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72: No. 23, Aria. Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori (Polifemo)
05. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 14, Recit. If I Give Thee Honour Due (L'Allegro)
06. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 1: No. 15, Air. Mirth, Admit Me of Thy Crew (L'Allegro)
07. La resurrezione, HWV 47, Pt. 1: No. 3, Accompagnato. Qual'insolita luce (Lucifero)
08. La resurrezione, HWV 47, Pt. 1: No. 4, Aria. Caddi, è ver (Lucifero)
09. Deborah, HWV 51, Pt. 3: No. 2, Air. Tears, Such as Tender Fathers Shed (Abinoam)
10. Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act III Scene 3: Air. To Pow'r Immortal My First Thanks Are Due (Gobrias)
11. Orlando, HWV 31, Act III: No. 10, Accompagnato. Impari ognun da Orlando (Zoroastro)
12. Orlando, HWV 31, Act III: No. 11, Aria. Sorge infausta una procella (Zoroastro)
13. Theodora, HWV 68, Act I, Scene 1: No. 6. Aria. Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire (Valens)
14. Muzio Scevola, HWV 13, Act III: No. 6, Aria. Volate più dei venti (Porsena)
15. Agrippina, HWV 6, Act I: Aria. Vieni, o cara (Claudio)
16. Riccardo Primo, Re d'Inghilterra, HWV 23, Act III: Aria. Nel mondo e nell'abisso (Isacio)
17. Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: No. 17, Aria. Mie piante correte (Apollo)
18. Apollo e Dafne, HWV 122: No. 18, Aria. Cara pianta (Apollo)
19. Alexander's Feast, HWV 75, Pt. 2: No. 2, Air. Revenge, Timotheus Cries
20. Semele, HWV 58, Act III: No. 2, Air. Leave Me, Loathsome Light (Somnus)

‘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.

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