William Towers, Christopher Monks, Armonico Consort - Handelian Pyrotechnics (2021)
William Towers, Christopher Monks, Armonico Consort - Handelian Pyrotechnics (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 272 Mb | Total time: 60:52 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Signum Classics | # SIGCD 658 | Recorded: 2019
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 272 Mb | Total time: 60:52 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Signum Classics | # SIGCD 658 | Recorded: 2019
Armonico Consort return to album on Signum with a collection of Handel arias, performed by leading counter-tenor William Towers. A noted soloist in both opera and oratorio, the programme is taken from roles which Towers has sung across his career in various productions across the globe. Towers writes: “It is the life-affirming, live-giving aspect of Handel that I’m aiming to celebrate. So frequently his operas reveal their most devastatingly beautiful and uplifting music when life is at its darkest. Here the arias shine brightest, here we find Radamisto’s ‘Ombra cara’ and the boundlessly optimistic ‘Dopo l’orrore’, looking out beyond the darkest clouds to the faint glimmer of a dawning hope. This is the uncrushable, indomitable spirit that lies in all of us … We just need to take the time to listen.”
Performer:
William Towers, countertenor
Armonico Consort
Christopher Monks, director
Track List:
01. Xerxes, Hwv 40: Ombra mai fu
02. Poro re dell'Indie, Hwv 28: Se possono tanto due luci vezzose
03. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Hwv 17: Al lampo dell'armi
04. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Hwv 17: Dall'ondoso periglio – Aure der per pietà
05. Rinaldo, Hwv 7: Cara Sposa
06. Orlando, Hwv 31: Cielo! Se tu il consentí
07. Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, Hwv 19: Dove Sei
08. Radamisto, Hwv 12: Qual nave smarrita
09. Radamisto, Hwv 12: Ombra Cara
10. Agrippina, Hwv 6: Tacerò, purchè Fedele
11. Ottone, re di Germania, Hwv 15: Dopo l’orrore
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William Towers, Christopher Monks, Armonico Consort - Handelian Pyrotechnics (2021)
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