Iestyn Davies, Ensemble Guadagni - Handel: Nine German Arias; Purcell; Buxtehude; Blow (2010)
Iestyn Davies, Ensemble Guadagni - Handel: Nine German Arias; Purcell; Buxtehude; Blow (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 328 Mb | Total time: 76:46 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Wigmore Hall Live | # WHLive0038 | Recorded: 2009
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 328 Mb | Total time: 76:46 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Wigmore Hall Live | # WHLive0038 | Recorded: 2009
The last decade of the 20th and the first decade of the 21st centuries have produced an array of astonishingly gifted countertenors who continue to set new standards of excellence and reveal possibilities for male singers performing in the traditional range of women who haven't been heard since the days of the castrati. Iestyn Davies doesn't have the spectacular instrument of some of the most dazzling countertenors of his generation but in his more modest way, he is no less impressive. His voice is pure, without a trace of the hollow hootiness that was once characteristic so many countertenors, and is absolutely secure and full from the bottom to the top of his range. While he may not have demonstrated the agility for the most florid coloratura music of the Baroque, he brings an impeccably intelligent and emotionally honest musicality to his performances, and his singing is wonderfully refined and confident. His versatility stretches from music of the Renaissance to the 21st century, but in his first solo recording he focuses on a narrow spectrum: English and German songs from the middle Baroque (the late 17th and early 18th centuries). This live Wigmore Hall recital is not the best program to showcase the versatility of Davies' voice because slow, frequently mournful music tends to predominate, but for listeners who can settle into the relative homogeneity of the recital, there is much to savor here. Davies has a special affinity for Purcell, which he delivers with absolute control and deep feeling. The Alleluias of "Now that the sun has veiled his light" are sublimely radiant and bring the recital to a gorgeous close. The notes describe the Handel songs, written between 1724 and 1727, as "the closest thing we have to a Baroque song cycle," and it is an expressive and musically subtle set that deserves wider attention. Ensemble Guadagni provides a lively and beautifully realized accompaniment. Gamba player Jonathan Manson is practically an equal partner with Davies on many of the tracks. The sound is lively and clear, with minimal ambient noise.–Stephen Eddins
Performer:
Iestyn Davies, countertenor
Ensemble Guadagni
Track List:
Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707)
01. Jubilate Domino BuxWV64
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
02. Gentle Shepherds, you that know - A Pastoral Elegy on the Death of Mr. John Playford Z464
John Blow (1649-1708)
03. As on his deathbed gasping Strephon lay - A Pastoral Elegy on the Earl of Rochester
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
04. What a sad fate is mine Z428a
George Frederick Handel (1685-1759)
Nine German Arias
05. Kühft ger Zeiten eitler Kummer HWV202
06. Die ihr aus dunkeln Grüften HWV208
07. Süsse Stille, sanfte Quelle HWV205
08. Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken HWV204
09. Das zitternde Glänzen der spielenden Wellen HWV203
10. Singe, Seele, Gott zum Preise HWV206
11. Meine Seele hört im Sehen HWV207
12. In den angenehmen Büschen HWV209
13. Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden HWV210
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Iestyn Davies, Ensemble Guadagni - Handel: Nine German Arias; Purcell; Buxtehude; Blow (2010)
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