A dramatic collection of solo arias and scenes for tenor drawn for oratorio and opera - some of HANDEL's most lovely music, brilliantly performed by Mark Padmore and The English Concert, led by Andrew Manze. The concluding duet As steals the morn with soprano Lucy Crowe is an added bonus.
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL [1685-1759] · Alceste, Act IV 'Enjoy the sweet Elysian grove' (5'31) · Semele, Act II, 3 'Where'er you walk' (5'15) · Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, Part I 'Urne voi' (3'28) · Tamerlano, Act I, 1 'Forte e lieto' (6'09) · Tamerlano, Act III, 10 'Oh per me lieto, avventuroso giorno!' (3'53) · 'Figlia mia' / 'Tu, spietato' (6'00) · Samson, Act I, 2 'Total eclipse' (4'38) · Samson, Act II, 2 'Did love constrain thee?' (0'33) · 'Your charms to ruin led the way' (3'19) · Samson, Act III, 1 'Let but that spirit' / 'Then shall I make' (0'39) · 'Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed' (5'28) · Rodelinda, Act III, 6 'Fatto inferno' (3'23) · 'Pastorello d'un povero armento' (5'12) · Esther, Act I, 2 'Tune your harps' (4'14) · Jephtha, Act II, 2 'Heav'n smiles once more' (0'33) · 'His mighty arm' (5'59) · Jephtha, Act III, 1 'Waft her, angels' (5'39) · L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato, Part III 'As steals the morn' (6'37)
