Great Handel - Ian Bostridge
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket
Bostridge is sharply attuned to the subtlety of Handel's work setting, colouring his sound with a rich palette of timbres and effects: sonorous and sensuous in 'Ombra mai fù', hauntingly stark...
Great Handel - Ian Bostridge
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket
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Bostridge is sharply attuned to the subtlety of Handel's work setting, colouring his sound with a rich palette of timbres and effects: sonorous and sensuous in 'Ombra mai fù', hauntingly stark...
About
“Beyond a forgivable desire to rehabilitate the Handel tenor, I have tried in this recording to represent one essential but fugitive quality of Handel’s - his protean nature, his ability to recreate himself while remaining essentially the same.” Ian Bostridge
Contents and tracklist
Handel:
Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Air. "Where'er your walk, cool gales shall fan the glade" (Jupiter)
Work length4:49
- Ian Bostridge (tenor)
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Harry Bicket
- Recorded: 2006-10-05
- Ian Bostridge
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Harry Bicket
- Recorded: 2006-10-05
- Recording Venue: 2nd-5th October 2006; Abbey Road Studios, London.
- Ian Bostridge (tenor)
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Harry Bicket
- Recorded: 2006-10-05
- Recording Venue: 2nd-5th October 2006; Abbey Road Studios, London
- Ian Bostridge (tenor)
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Harry Bicket
- Recorded: 2006-10-05
- Recording Venue: 2nd-5th October 2006; Abbey Road Studios, London
- Ian Bostridge (tenor)
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Harry Bicket
- Recorded: 2006-10-05
- Recording Venue: 2nd-5th October 2006; Abbey Road Studios, London
- Ian Bostridge (tenor)
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Harry Bicket
- Recorded: 2006-10-05
- Recording Venue: 2nd-5th October 2006; Abbey Road Studios, London
- Ian Bostridge (tenor), Kate Royal (soprano)
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Harry Bicket
- Recorded: 2006-10-05
- Recording Venue: 2nd-5th October 2006; Abbey Road Studios, London
Handel:
Ariodante, HWV 33, Act 2: Aria. "Scherza infida!" (Ariodante)
Work length10:22
This work is only available as an album download.
- Ian Bostridge (tenor)
- Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
- Harry Bicket
- Recorded: 2006-10-05
- Recording Venue: 2nd-5th October 2006; Abbey Road Studios, London
Handel:
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 3: Duet. "As steals the morn upon the night"
Work length5:35
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Padmore and Bostridge sing Handel
11th Jun 2007
Two leading English tenors tackle opera and oratorio arias, including Jupiter’s ‘Where’er you walk’ from Semele, Jephtha’s ‘Waft her, angels’, and Samson’s ‘Total eclipse’.
Awards and reviews
Proms 2007
Bostridge is sharply attuned to the subtlety of Handel's work setting, colouring his sound with a rich palette of timbres and effects: sonorous and sensuous in 'Ombra mai fù', hauntingly stark in 'Total eclipse'. …Harry Bicket's direction is sensitive and unfussy - tempos are well-judged, allowing him to shape Handel's long-breathed melodic lines with supple grace.
16th January 2008
...high points of the disc include Where'er you walk, and the uplifting Comfort ye…Ev'ry valley from The Messiah. However, with Bostridge's vocal precision and smooth tone the whole disc is undoubtedly an enjoyable listen.
13th July 2007
Bostridge’s care over colouring and shading refreshes numerous chestnuts...No self-conscious art here; it’s the music that speaks.
