Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212065822
Releasedate: 02-04-21
Armonico Consort return to disc 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.”
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1Xerxes, HWV 40Ombra mai fu03:11
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2Poro re dell'Indie, HWV 28Se possono tanto due luci vezzose05:45
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3Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17Al lampo dell'armi03:17
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4Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17Dall'ondoso periglio – Aure der per pietà07:31
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5Rinaldo, HWV 7Cara Sposa08:24
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6Orlando, HWV 31Cielo! Se tu il consentí04:33
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7Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19Dove Sei04:44
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8Radamisto, HWV 12Qual nave smarrita06:12
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9Radamisto, HWV 12Ombra Cara07:44
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10Agrippina, HWV 6Tacerò, purchè Fedele04:28
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11Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15Dopo l’orrore04:56