Harmonia Mundi: HMU907422As Steals the Morn |
A dramatic collection of solo arias and scenes for tenor drawn for oratorio and opera - some of Handel's most lovely music, brilliantly performed by Mark Padmore and The English Concert, led by Andrew Manze. The concluding duet As steals the morn with soprano Lucy Crowe is an added bonus. |
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Handel: | Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove (Alceste, Act IV) Where'er you walk (from Semele) Urne voi (Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Part I) Forte e lieto (Tamerlano, Act I, 1) Oh per me lieto, avventuroso giorno! (Tamerlano, Act III, 10) Figlia mia (Samson, Act I) Tu, spietato ((Samson, Act I) Total eclipse (Samson) Did love constrain thee? (Samson, Act II, 2) Your charms to ruin led the way Let but that spirit …(Samson,Act III, 1) Then shall I make …; Thus when the sun from’s watry bed (Samson) Fatto inferno … Pastorello d'un povero armento Esther: Tune your harps to cheerful strains Heav'n smiles once more … (Jephtha, Act II, 2) His mighty arm (Jephtha, Act III, 1) Jephtha: Waft her, angels, through the skies As steals the morn (from L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato) |
Mark Padmore (tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) & Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe obligato) The English Concert, Andrew Manze "This is one of the most alluring recitals of its kind that has come my way for a very long time" BBC Music Magazine, May 2007, *****/***** “Handel was one of the first Baroque composers to invest his talents in the tenor voice and here this unique English legacy is recalled. Through his shading, dynamic range and commitment to the text, Padmore seduces the listener.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Press comments: "This is one of the most alluring recitals of its kind that has come my way for a very long time"BBC MUSIC Magazine Tenors are fighter pilots - dashing, heroic, unhappy out of the limelight - and Padmore is an ace among them, soaring through this disc on a velvet voice in various Handelian guises. The Times A beguilingly rich and sensitive recital from one of the most thoughtful tenors of his generation. Underpinned by Andrew Manze’s unobtrusive and warm-hearted English Concert, Mark Padmore uses his extraordinary diction and whispering chamber-like intimacy to remind us that the most exalted tenor arias from the operas and oratorios can achieve true potency out of contest.” Gramophone |
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