Handel: The Complete "Amen, Alleluia" Arias

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
May 19, 2017
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HADEL CROFT PITTONI
    • PERFORMER
      Crow, Il Furioso, Coelho, Dolata
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 19, 2017
    • UPC
      5060113443373
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0337
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Amen in F Major, HWV 270

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Il Furioso

      Performer: Robert Crowe

    2. Sonata No. 9 in D Minor: II. Andante

      Composer: Giovanni Pittoni

      Performer: David Dolata, Juvenal Correa-Salas

    3. What art thou, "A Hymn on Divine Musick"

      Composer: William Croft

      Ensemble: Il Furioso

      Performer: Robert Crowe

    4. Amen, Alleluia in G Major, HWV 273

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Il Furioso

      Performer: Robert Crowe

    5. Amen in G Minor, HWV 271

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Il Furioso

      Performer: Robert Crowe

    6. Amen, Alleluia in A Minor, HWV 274

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Il Furioso

      Performer: Robert Crowe

    7. I. Grave

      Composer: Giovanni Pittoni

      Performer: Victor Coelho, Juvenal Correa-Salas

    8. II. Allegro

      Composer: Giovanni Pittoni

      Performer: Victor Coelho, Juvenal Correa-Salas

    9. III. Allegro

      Composer: Giovanni Pittoni

      Performer: Victor Coelho, Juvenal Correa-Salas

    10. Amen, Alleluia in F Major, HWV 276

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Robert Crowe, Juvenal Correa-Salas

    11. A Divine Song on the Passion of Our Saviour

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Il Furioso

      Performer: Robert Crowe

    12. Amen, Alleluia in D Minor, HWV 269

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Il Furioso

      Performer: Robert Crowe

    13. Sonata No. 9 in D Minor: I. Andante

      Composer: Giovanni Pittoni

      Performer: David Dolata, Juvenal Correa-Salas

    14. Amen, Alleluia in F Major, HWV 277

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Robert Crowe, Juvenal Correa-Salas

    15. No. 3. Minuet

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Juvenal Correa-Salas

    16. No. 4. Variation

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Juvenal Correa-Salas

    17. A Divine Hymn

      Composer: John Church

      Performer: Robert Crowe, Juvenal Correa-Salas

    18. Pieces for the Braamcamp Handel-Clay Clock: No. 10. Air No. 6

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Juvenal Correa-Salas

    19. Amen, Alleluia in D Minor, HWV 272

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Il Furioso

      Performer: Robert Crowe

    20. Sonata No. 11 in A Minor: III. Andante

      Composer: Giovanni Pittoni

      Performer: David Dolata, Juvenal Correa-Salas

    21. Amen, Alleluia in C Major, HWV 275

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Il Furioso

      Performer: Robert Crowe

    22. Amen in F Major, HWV 270 (ornamented version)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Il Furioso

      Performer: Robert Crowe


Over a period of some twenty years, from the late 1720s, Handel composed a series of virtuoso arias using only the words ''Allelujah'' and ''Amen'' as his texts. They were probably for use in private worship, and take their place in the tradition of ''Divine Song'' established by Purcell and other compoesrs. Here they receive their first recordings, set in a context of contemporary sacred song and instrumental music, with the accompaniment provided by the beguiling soun dof two theorbos and chamber organ. They are heard here in the extraordinarily dramatic timbres of a male-soprano voice - perhaps as close as modern listeners can come to the vocal acrobatics of the castrati who so amazed their own audiences. Robert Crowe has worked for over 25 years as a male soprano, was a 1995 National Winner of the Metropolitan Opera Competition and has sung over 70 leading roles in operas and dramatic oratorios in the United States and across Europe.