Arias for Guadagni

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HANDEL / HASSE / C.P.E. BACH / GLUCK etc.
Arias for Guadagni
Iestyn Davies (countertenor) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen

[ Hyperion / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 10 July 2012

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Gramophone Awards WINNER 2012: Recital - "Davies includes some of the showstoppers written for [Guadagni] by Handel and Arne, delivering them with wonderful finesse and flawless tone." (Guardian)

"Davies includes some of the showstoppers written for [Guadagni] by Handel and Arne, delivering them with wonderful finesse and flawless tone. Orfeo itself, however, lies awkwardly for a counter-tenor, and Davies is occasionally forced to sacrifice intensity for the sake of integrity of line. The orchestral playing, from Arcangelo under Jonathan Cohen, is exquisite."
(Guardian)

Gramophone Awards WINNER 2012: Recital

"Through his effortless line, countertenor Iestyn Davies revivifies Guadagni's Orphic powers...Whether drawing out sustained notes or knitting together filigreed coloratura, he is a paragon of gallant taste: poised, cool, elegant...Jonathan Cohen and his ensemble Arcangelo capture the rapid, unexpected twists of the younger Bach's radical imagination...this [is] a refreshingly ambitious and superbly realised recording."
(BBC Music)

"I think that if I had to nominate a CD to represent Iestyn Davies this one would be my choice." International Record Review, July/August 2012

Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - August 2012

Tracks:

Arne:
Vengeance, O come inspire me! (from Alfred)

Bach, C P E:
Symphony No. 1 in D major, Wq 183/1

Gluck:
Ah! Non turbi il mio riposo
Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Euridice): Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Ahimè! Dove trascorsi? (from Orfeo)
Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice)

Guadagni:
Pensa a serbarmi, o cara

Handel:
Saul: O Lord, whose mercies numberless
The raptur'd soul (from Theodora)
The Choice of Hercules: Yet can I hear that dulcet lay
Destructive War, thy limits know (from Belshazzar)

Hasse, J A:
Ah che dissi, infelice! (from Didone Abbandonata)
Se resto sul lido (from Didone Abbandonata)
Odi colà la frigia tromba? (from Didone Abbandonata)
A trionfar mi chiama (from Didone Abbandonata)

Smith, J C:
Say, lovely Dream! (from The Fairies)