HANDEL: FINEST ARIAS FOR BASE VOICE 2

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Label
HYPERION
Release Date
June 29, 2018
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC
    • PERFORMER
      Purves, Arcangelo, Cohen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 29, 2018
    • UPC
      034571281520
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      HYP68152.2
    • LABEL
      HYPERION
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Siroe, re di Persia, HWV 24, Act III: Aria: Gelido in ogni vena

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    2. Esther, HWV 50a: Arioso: Turn not, O Queen, thy face away

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    3. Athalia, HWV 52: When storms the proud

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    4. Act I: O memory, still bitter to my soul

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    5. Act I: Oppress'd with never-ceasing grief

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    6. Catone, Act II: Aria: È ver che all'amo intorno

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    7. I. Andante - Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    8. II. Andante

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    9. III. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    10. IV. Minuetto alternativo: Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    11. Tolomeo, HWV 25, Aria: Piangi pur, ma non sperare di smorzare

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    12. Athalia, HWV 52, Act II: Ah, canst thou but prove me!

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    13. Recitativo: Nell' Africane selve

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    14. Aria: Langue, trema

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    15. Recitativo: Nice, là fra confini di valli incolte

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    16. Aria: Chiedo Amore, altro non brama

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    17. The walls are levell'd

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    18. See, the raging flames arise

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    19. Esther, HWV 50a, Act III: How art thou fall'n

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    20. Siroe, re di Persia, HWV 24, Act II: Aria da capo: Tu di pieta mi spogli

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    21. Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act I: Aria: Vieni o cara, a consolarmi

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen

    22. Joshua, HWV 64: Shall I in Mamre's fertile plain

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Arcangelo

      Performer: Christopher Purves

      Conductor: Jonathan Cohen


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. 'With his acting chops and weighty bass-baritone, Purves in full cry is a splendid and fearful spectacle' (The Times)