Christopher Purves

Handel’s Finest Arias for Base Voice

Featuring
Release date December 03, 2012

Tracklist

1
Rinaldo, HWV7a: Aria “Sibilar gli angui d’Aletto” (Argante)
4:50
4:50
2
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Accompagnato “I Rage, I Melt, I Burn!” –
1:21
1:21
3
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Air “O Ruddier Than the Cherry” (Polyphemus)
6:59
6:59
4
Acis, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72: Aria “Fra l’ombre e gl’orrori” (Polifemo)
6:59
6:59
5
L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Recitative “If I Give Thee Honour Due” –
0:12
0:12
6
L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Air “Mirth, Admit Me of Thy Crew” (L’Allegro)
2:34
2:34
7
La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Accompagnato “Qual’insolita luce” –
1:09
1:09
8
La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Aria “Caddi, è ver” (Lucifero)
4:15
4:15
9
Deborah, HWV 51: Air “Tears, Such as Tender Fathers Shed” (Abinoam)
2:30
2:30
10
Belshazzar, HWV 61: Air “To Pow’r Immortal My First Thanks Are Due” (Gobrias)
3:55
3:55
11
Orlando, HWV 31: Accompagnato “Impari ognun da Orlando” –
1:11
1:11
12
Orlando, HWV 31: Aria “Sorge infausta una procella” (Zoroastro)
4:35
4:35
13
Theodora, HWV 68: Air “Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire” (Valens)
3:56
3:56
14
Muzio Scevola, HWV 13: Aria “Volate più dei venti” (Porsena)
3:24
3:24
15
Agrippina, GWV 6: Aria “Vieni, o cara” (Claudio)
1:45
1:45
16
Riccardo Primo, Re d’Inghilterra, HWV 23: Aria “Nel mondo e nell’abisso”
3:13
3:13
17
Apollo e Dafine, HWV 122: Aria “Mie piante correte” –
2:50
2:50
18
Apollo e Dafine, HWV 122: Aria “Cara pianta” (Apollo)
7:27
7:27
19
Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75: Air “Revenge, Timotheus Cries”
7:55
7:55
20
Semele, HWV 58: Air “Leave Me, Loathsome Light” (Somnus)
3:40
3:40