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Table of Contents:

• Siroe, re di Persia : HWV 24. Gelido in ogni vena (5:02)
• Esther : HWV 50a. Turn not, O Queen, thy face away (2:49)
• Athalia : HWV 52. When storms the proud (3:11)
• Belshazzar : HWV 61. Oh, memory! (:45) ; Opprest with never-ceasing grief (4:01)
• Catone : HWV A7. È ver che all'amo intorno / aria by Porpora (7:55)
• Concerto grosso in F major, op 3 no 4, HWV 315 (10:33)
• Tolomeo, re di Egitto : HWV 25. Piangi pur (2:59)
• Athalia : HWV 52. Ah, canst thou but prove me! (3:40)
• Nell'africane selve : HWV136a (13:55)
• Joshua : HWV 64. The walls are levell'd (:30) ; See, the raging flames arise (3:18)
• Esther : HWV 50a. How art thou fall'n from thy height! (6:37)
• Siroe, re di Persia : HWV 24. Tu di pietà mi spogli (4:27)
• Rinaldo : HWV 7a. Vieni, o cara (4:15)
• Joshua : HWV 64. Shall I in Mamre's fertile plain (3:07).

Author/Creator:

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759 , composer

Contributors:

Purves, Christopher , singer

Cohen, Jonathan, 1977- , conductor

Porpora, Nicola, 1686-1768

Arcangelo (Musical group) , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

English
Italian
French
German

Language Notes:

Sung in English or Italian.

Main Work:

Finest arias for base voice [by Handel, G.F.] > II

Included Works:

Siroe [by Handel, G.F.] > Gelido in ogni vena

Esther, HWV 50b [by Handel, G.F.] > Turn not, o Queen, thy face away

Athalia [by Handel, G.F.] > When storms the proud

Belshazzar [by Handel, G.F.] > Oppress'd with never-ceasing grief

Poro [by Porpora, N.] > È ver che all'amo interno

Concerti grossi [by Handel, G.F.] > Op. 3 > No. 4

Tolomeo [by Handel, G.F.] > Piangi pur, ma non sperare

Athalia [by Handel, G.F.] > Ah, canst thou but prove me!

Nell' africane selve, HWV 136a [by Handel, G.F.]

Joshua [by Handel, G.F.] > See, the raging flames arise

Esther, HWV 50b [by Handel, G.F.] > How art thou fall'n from thy height!

Siroe [by Handel, G.F.] > Tu di pietà mi spogli

Rinaldo [by Handel, G.F.] > Vieni, o caro, che senza il suo core

Joshua [by Handel, G.F.] > Shall I in Mamre's fertile plain

Alternate Titles:

Title on container: Handel's finest arias for base voice > II

Subjects:

Operas — Excerpts

Oratorios — Excerpts

Solo cantatas (Medium voice)

Concertos (Orchestra)

Operas

Oratorios

Genres:

Art music

Songs

Dramatic music

Cantatas

Concerti grossi

Excerpts

Oratorios

Operas

Performers:

Christopher Purves, baritone ; Arcangelo ; Jonathan Cohen, conductor.

Performance Medium:

1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo baritone voice; chamber orchestra
1 ensemble: chamber orchestra
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo baritone voice; chamber orchestra
1 ensemble: chamber orchestra

General Notes:

Principally opera and oratorio excerpts; the 9th work is a solo cantata.
Title from disc label.
(1st-12th, 17th-22nd tracks) recorded St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London 2016 February 26-28.
(13th-16th tracks) recorded 2017 September 4 St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London.
Program notes by David Vickers in English, with French and German translations, biographical notes on the performers in English, and texts in English or Italian with English translations (19 pages : portraits) inserted in container.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (77 min., 11 sec.) ; 4 3/4 in.
op. 3 No. 4.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 158,364

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 034571281520
Publisher Number, Hyperion: CDA68152
Publisher Number, Hyperion: 68152

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2019623960

OCLC Numbers:

1036299148