Handel / Sutherland, Joan / Greevy, Bernadette: Handel Arias - COMPACT DISCS

Handel / Sutherland, Joan / Greevy, Bernadette: Handel Arias - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Handel Arias Artist: Handel Sutherland, Joan Greevy, Bernadette Label: Decca Eloquence Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 028948247592 Genre: Classical Artists Release Date: 2017 07 21 Number of Discs: 2 Additional Details: AUSTRALIA IMPORT A newly compiled anthology of Decca recordings on Eloquence surveys the healthy state of Handel singing in England in the 1960s, before this music became the preserve of musicians and singers within the period

Title: Handel Arias
Artist: Handel / Sutherland, Joan / Greevy, Bernadette
Label: Decca/Eloquence
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 028948247592
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2017-07-21
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: AUSTRALIA - IMPORT

A newly compiled anthology of Decca recordings on Eloquence surveys the healthy state of Handel singing in England in the 1960s, before this music became the preserve of musicians and singers within the period-instrument movement. This generous (145-minute) collection is based around a pair of newly re-mastered recital albums made by the contralto Bernadette Greevy and the bass Forbes Robinson. Greevy was a true contralto in the tradition of Kathleen Ferrier, Helen Watts, Janet Baker and Norma Procter. Her 1965-56 recital was drawn from a wide range of Handel's Italian operas (Ottone, Partenope, Alcina, Admeto, Rodelinda, Rinaldo, Atalanta), and it displayed the richness of her voice to fullest advantage, as well as formidable vocal technique and excellent Italian diction. Robinson's 1966 recital represents a wide spectrum of the composer's music in opera, ode, masque and oratorio from 1719 through the 1740s, including familiar favourites ('O ruddier than the cherry' in Acis and Galatea) alongside much rarer delights such as 'Si, tra i ceppi' from the early Berenice.

Tracks:
1.1 Ottone: Vieni, O Figlio
1.2 Partenope: Voglio Dire
1.3 Alexander Balus: Convey Me to Some Peaceful Shore
1.4 Alcina: Verdi Prati
1.5 Ottone: La Speranza
1.6 Admeto: Cangio D?Aspetto
1.7 Rodelinda: Dove Sei
1.8 Rinaldo: Lascia Ch?Io Pianga
1.9 Atalanta: Care Selve
1.10 Clori, Tirsi E Fileno: Come la Rondinella
1.11 Alcina: Tornami a Vagheggiar
1.12 Alcina: Ombre Pallide
1.13 Giulio Cesare: V?Adoro, Pupille
1.14 Giulio Cesare: Da Tempeste Il Legno Infranto
1.15 Samson: With Plaintive Note
1.16 Samson: Let the Bright Seraphim
2.1 Esther: Tune Your Harps to Cheerful Strains*
2.2 Esther: Turn Not, O Queen, Thy Face Away*
2.3 Alexander?S Feast: Revenge, Timotheus Cries
2.4 Ezio: Se Un Bell?Ardire
2.5 Susanna: Peace Crown?D with Roses
2.6 Hercules: The God of Battle
2.7 Acis and Galatea: O Ruddier Than the Cherry*
2.8 Theodora: Wide Spread His Name
2.9 Judas MacCabaeus: Arm, Arm Ye Brave*
2.10 Berenice: Si, Tra I Ceppi*
2.11 Semele: Leave Me, Loathsome Light
2.12 Alcina: Pensa a Chi Geme
2.13 Samson: Honour and Arms