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Type
Cd (musik)
Format
1 cd, 1 kommentarbilag
Sprog
engelsk
Emneord
Emnetal
78.61:4
Bidragsydere
Indhold
Ode til Dronning Annes fødselsdag, HWV 74Theodora, HWV 68The choice of Hercules, HWV 69Herakles, HWV 60Theodora, HWV 68Semele, HWV 58Salomo, HWV 67Susanna, HWV 66Saul, HWV 53Joseph, HWV 59Theodora, HWV 68Suite for klaver, d-mol, HWV 437 (Sarabande)Semele, HWV 58Semele, HWV 58The triumph of Time and Truth, HWV 71Occasional oratorio, HWV 62Semele, HWV 58Esther, HWV 50aSemele, HWV 58Semele, HWV 58Theodora, HWV 68
Beskrivelse
Indspillet i Chapelle Corneille, Rouen, Frankrig 2021
Forlag
Parlophone RecordsWarner ClassicsErato
Målgruppe
voksenmaterialer
Anmeldelser
The gramophone, 2023 January
"Editor's choice: There is no shortage of Handel aria albums around, but not all take as much care in the planning as this one ... Dunford calls it 'a baroque West Side Story'. The beauty of it is that this rich selection of arias and duets encompasses glorious old friends ... alongside lesser-known gems ... Here they burn intensely, the heartbreakingly intimate duets ... Iestyn Davies is of course a Handel interpreter of distinction, and delivers exactly what you would expect of him. Desandre has done less operahouse Handel, however ... This is an album that reaches deep into Handel's genius - looks like there's life in the format yet"
Presto classical, 2022-11-30
"Editor's choice - November 2022: Don't be fooled by the ultra-serene (and if I'm honest, oddly cultish!) cover-image here: this brilliantly-sung and played programme of sacred and secular Handel includes plenty of vocal fireworks in between the stretches of calm beauty - of which Desandre's 'As with rosy steps' and Davies's 'O Lord whose mercies numberless' stand out. Both singers excel in the excerpts from Semele, with Davies a neurotic, imperious Juno (the first time I've heard a countertenor in this role) and Desandre's bright, athletic mezzo easily encompassing the soprano heroine's stratospheric excursions in 'No, no, I'll take no less'"
Presto classical, 2022-11-30
BBC music magazine, 2023 February
"Desandre's pure, warm core and skilled application of vocal colours make her lyricism seductive, while her warp-speed passagi are simply astonishing. Countertenor Iestyn Davies delivers the intimate, precise, effortless vocalism for which he's renowned, and when he and Desandre duet, their euphony is sublime ... Lutenist Thomas Dunford's chamber group Jupiter wraps each number in a gossamer-light realisation - continuo is often just plucked strings - and, in obbligato passages, entangles the vocal and instrumental lines in subtle ways"
MusicWeb international, 2023 February
"The programme is made up of arias and duets from a number of Handel's oratorios and other sacred works and also includes an instrumental piece ... What follows after that invigorating introduction is a super-long programme with Handel at his very best - which he almost always is - very contrastive for maximal variability. Slow, beautiful melodies rub shoulders with up-tempo rhythmical display pieces where stunning coloratura flows freely, sometimes with dramatic undertones. The instrumental ensemble Jupiter under Thomas Dunford provide stimulating support with excellent solo contributions ... Both have voices of exceptional quality and technical capacity to boot ... This is a disc not only for Handel freaks and baroque lovers but for anyone with an open mind for whom no borderlines exist"
MusicWeb international, 2023 February
RBB Kultur, 2023-02-22
"Die zweite Solo-CD der französisch-italienischen Mezzo-Sopranistin Lea Desandre ist eigentlich eine Duo-CD. Bei einem guten Dutzend der Ausschnitte aus Händel-Oratorien ist der britische Countertenor Iestyn Davies mit dabei - und mischt sich stimmlich mit ihr absolut perfekt. Es dominieren meditative Titel. All dies: durchaus ungewöhnlich, ja ein Blick ins Händel-Paradies. Überirdisch"
RBB Kultur, 2023-02-22