Iestyn Davies, Carolyn Sampson, The King's Consort & Robert King - Your Tuneful Voice: Handel Oratorio Arias (2014) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Iestyn Davies, Carolyn Sampson, The King's Consort, Robert King
- Title: Your Tuneful Voice: Handel Oratorio Arias
- Year Of Release: 2014
- Label: VIVAT
- Genre: Classical, Vocal
- Quality: flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +booklet
- Total Time: 01:05:18
- Total Size: 1.2 gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
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01. O sacred oracles of truth
02. Mortals think that Time is sleeping
03. Tune your harps
04. Mighty love now calls to arm
05. Overture to Jephtha-Grave
06. Overture to Jephtha-Menuet
07. Eternal source of light divine
08. Welcome as the dawn of day
09. Your tuneful voice
10. Yet can I hear that dulcet lay
11. Up the dreadful steep ascending
12. Samson: Overture. Andante
13. Samson: Overture. Allegro
14. Samson: Overture. Menuetto
15. Thou shalt bring them in
16. Who calls my parting soul from death
17. On the valleys, dark and cheerless
18. How can I stay when love invites
Acclaimed countertenor Iestyn Davies and The King’s Consort perform an outstanding programme of Handel arias from some of the composer’s finest oratorios.
Eleven varied solo arias include ‘O sacred oracles of truth’, the delicate ‘Tune your harps’, ‘Eternal source of light’ (with supreme trumpet playing from Crispian Steele-Perkins), the melodious ‘Your tuneful voice’ and the virtuoso ‘Mighty love now calls to arm’, as well as rarities including ‘On the valleys, dark and cheerless’ and an especial jewel, ‘Mortals think that Time is sleeping’.
Iestyn is joined in two glorious duets by soprano Carolyn Sampson, including the ecstatic ‘Welcome as the dawn of day’ and the ghostly ‘Who calls my parting soul from death’.
Recorded in the well-nigh perfect acoustic of Menuhin Hall with a large and colourful orchestra, who also contribute two splendid overtures.
36 page booklet with authoritative liner note (in three languages) by renowned Handel scholar Prof. Donald Burrows, together with full texts, and 16 photos from the recordings.
“Davies is in his prime of vocal flexibility, and authoritative in modes both pious (‘O sacred oracles of truth’) and warlike (‘Mighty love now calls to arm’). Two cameos from Carolyn Sampson are, naturally, ravishing.” (Early Music Today)
“Davies's quick coloratura is dazzling in the final aria, 'How can I stay when love invites?'” (Gramophone Magazine)
“Davies's phrasing is to be admired, spanning as it does long lines of breath control.” (International Record Review)
“a first class anthology of Handel arias. The singing of Iestyn Davies is a delight from start to finish and he receives ideal support from Robert King and his players.” (MusicWeb International)
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01. O sacred oracles of truth
02. Mortals think that Time is sleeping
03. Tune your harps
04. Mighty love now calls to arm
05. Overture to Jephtha-Grave
06. Overture to Jephtha-Menuet
07. Eternal source of light divine
08. Welcome as the dawn of day
09. Your tuneful voice
10. Yet can I hear that dulcet lay
11. Up the dreadful steep ascending
12. Samson: Overture. Andante
13. Samson: Overture. Allegro
14. Samson: Overture. Menuetto
15. Thou shalt bring them in
16. Who calls my parting soul from death
17. On the valleys, dark and cheerless
18. How can I stay when love invites
Acclaimed countertenor Iestyn Davies and The King’s Consort perform an outstanding programme of Handel arias from some of the composer’s finest oratorios.
Eleven varied solo arias include ‘O sacred oracles of truth’, the delicate ‘Tune your harps’, ‘Eternal source of light’ (with supreme trumpet playing from Crispian Steele-Perkins), the melodious ‘Your tuneful voice’ and the virtuoso ‘Mighty love now calls to arm’, as well as rarities including ‘On the valleys, dark and cheerless’ and an especial jewel, ‘Mortals think that Time is sleeping’.
Iestyn is joined in two glorious duets by soprano Carolyn Sampson, including the ecstatic ‘Welcome as the dawn of day’ and the ghostly ‘Who calls my parting soul from death’.
Recorded in the well-nigh perfect acoustic of Menuhin Hall with a large and colourful orchestra, who also contribute two splendid overtures.
36 page booklet with authoritative liner note (in three languages) by renowned Handel scholar Prof. Donald Burrows, together with full texts, and 16 photos from the recordings.
“Davies is in his prime of vocal flexibility, and authoritative in modes both pious (‘O sacred oracles of truth’) and warlike (‘Mighty love now calls to arm’). Two cameos from Carolyn Sampson are, naturally, ravishing.” (Early Music Today)
“Davies's quick coloratura is dazzling in the final aria, 'How can I stay when love invites?'” (Gramophone Magazine)
“Davies's phrasing is to be admired, spanning as it does long lines of breath control.” (International Record Review)
“a first class anthology of Handel arias. The singing of Iestyn Davies is a delight from start to finish and he receives ideal support from Robert King and his players.” (MusicWeb International)
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