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Available from December 2012 on Hyperion Records (Downloads - mp3, ALAC, FLAC / CD) http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dc.asp?dc=D_CDA67842&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=youtube_taster

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice
Christopher Purves (bass)
Arcangelo
Jonathan Cohen (conductor)

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Featured extracts
1- Sibilar gli angui d'Aletto (Argante) (Act 1 No 10, Aria from Rinaldo, HWV7a) [4'50]
6- Mirth, admit me of thy crew (L'Allegro) (Part 1 No 15, Air from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV55) [2'34]
8- Caddi, è ver (Lucifero) (Part 1 No 4, Aria from La Resurrezione, HWV47) [4'15]
12- Sorge infausta una procella (Zoroastro) (Act 3 Scene 6 No 11, Aria from Orlando, HWV31) [4'35]
20- Leave me, loathsome light (Somnus) (Act 3 Scene 1, Air from Semele, HWV58) [3'40]


Album aslo includes
2- I rage, I melt, I burn! (Polyphemus) (Part 2 No 2, Accompagnato from Acis and Galatea, HWV49a) [1'21]
3- O ruddier than the cherry (Polyphemus) (Part 2 No 3, Air from Acis and Galatea, HWV49a) [3'13]
4- Fra l'ombre e gl'orrori (Polifemo) (No 23, Aria from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV72) [6'59]
5- If I give thee honour due (L'Allegro) (Part 1 No 14, Recitative from L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV55) [0'12]
7- Qual'insolita luce (Lucifero) (Part 1 No 3, Accompagnato from La Resurrezione, HWV47) [1'09]
9- Tears, such as tender fathers shed (Abinoam) (Part 3 Scene 2 No 2, Air from Deborah, HWV51) [2'30]
10- To pow'r immortal my first thanks are due (Gobrias) (Act 3 Scene 3, Air from Belshazzar, HWV61) [3'55]
11- Impari ognun da Orlando (Zoroastro) (Act 3 Scene 6 No 10, Accompagnato from Orlando, HWV31) [1'11]Italiano
13- Racks, gibbets, sword and fire (Valens) (Act 1 No 5, Air from Theodora, HWV68) [3'56]
14- Volate più dei venti (Porsena) (Act 3 No 6, Aria from Muzio Scevola, HWV13) [3'24]
15- Vieni, o cara (Claudio) (Act 1 Scene 21, Aria from Agrippina, HWV6) [1'45]
16- Nel mondo e nell'abisso (Isacio) (Act 3 Scene 4, Aria from Riccardo Primo, Re d'Inghilterra, HWV23) [3'13]
17- Mie piante correte (Apollo) (No 17, Aria from Apollo e Dafne, HWV122) [2'50]
18- Cara pianta (Apollo) (No 18, Aria from Apollo e Dafne, HWV122) [7'27]
19- Revenge, Timotheus cries (Part 2 No 2, Air from Alexander's Feast, HWV75) [7'55]


Recorded in January 2012
All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt