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Available from June 2012 on Hyperion Records (Downloads - mp3, ALAC, FLAC / CD) http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67924&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=youtube_taster

Arias for Guadagni
The first modern castrato
Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen (conductor)

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Featured extracts
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
1- O Lord, whose mercies numberless (David) (Act 1 Scene 5, Aria from Saul, HWV53) [5'28]
2- The raptur'd soul (Didymus) (Act 1 Scene 2, Aria from Theodora, HWV68) [8'19]

Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
8- A trionfar mi chiama (Enea) (Act 3 Scene 8b, Aria from Didone abbandonata) [6'36] Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)

Orchester-Sinfonie in D major H663 Wq183/1 [10'15]
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
13- Presto [2'32]

Christoph Willibald, Ritter von Gluck (1714-1787)
18- Che farò senza Euridice? (Orfeo) (Act 3 Scene 1b, Aria from Orfeo ed Euridice) [3'48]


Album also includes
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
3- Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay (Hercules) (No 15, Air from The Choice of Hercules, HWV69) [4'06]
4- Destructive war (Cyrus) (Act 3 Scene 3, Aria from Belshazzar, HWV61) [2'16]

Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783)
5- Ah che dissi! (Enea) (Act 1 Scene 19a, Accompagnato from Didone abbandonata) [1'26]
6- Se resto sul lido (Enea) (Act 1 Scene 19b, Aria from Didone abbandonata) [5'35]
7- Odi colà la frigia tromba? (Enea) (Act 3 Scene 8a, Fanfare & Recitative from Didone abbandonata) [0'29]

9- Say, lovely Dream! (Extract from The Fairies) [5'42] John Christopher Smith (1712-1795)

10- Vengeance, O come inspire me! (Act 2, Aria from Alfred) [6'52] Thomas Arne (1710-1778)

Orchester-Sinfonie in D major H663 Wq183/1 [10'15]
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
11- Allegro di molto [5'53]
12- Largo [1'50]

Christoph Willibald, Ritter von Gluck (1714-1787)
14- Ah! non turbi il mio riposo (Telemaco) (Act 2 Scene 3, Aria from Telemaco) [3'40]
15- The Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Act 2 Scene 2a, Ballo from Orfeo ed Euridice) [2'18]
16- Che puro ciel! (Orfeo) (Act 2 Scene 2b, Arioso from Orfeo ed Euridice) [5'50]
17- Ahimè! Dove trascorsi? (Orfeo) (Act 3 Scene 1a, Recitative from Orfeo ed Euridice) [1'14]


Recorded in August 2011
St Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt