Utwory na płycie:

• Handel: Saul, HWV 53 - Act 1 Sc. 5 Aria: O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless
• Handel: Theodora, HWV 68 - Act 1 Sc. 2 Aria: The Raptur'd Soul
• Handel: The Choice Of Hercules, HWV 69 - #15 Air: Yet, Can I Hear That Dulcet Lay
• Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61 - Act 3 Sc. 3 Aria: Destructive War
• Hasse: Didone Abbandonata - Act 1 Sc. 19 Accompagnato: Ah Che Dissi!
• Hasse: Didone Abbandonata - Act 1 Sc. 19 Aria: Se Resto Sul Lido
• Hasse: Didone Abbandonata - Act 3 Sc. 8 Recit: Odi Colà La Frigia Tromba?
• Hasse: Didone Abbandonata - Act 3 Sc. 8 Aria: A Trionfar Mi Chiama
• Smith (JC): The Fairies - Say, Lovely Dream!
• Arne: Alfred - Act II: Vengeance, O Come Inspire Me!
• Bach (CPE): Orchester-Sinfonie In D, H 663 - 1. Allegro Di Molto
• Bach (CPE): Orchester-Sinfonie In D, H 663 - 2. Largo
• Bach (CPE): Orchester-Sinfonie In D, H 663 - 3. Presto
• Gluck: Telemaco - Act 2 Sc. 3: Ah! Non Turbi Il Mio Riposo
• Gluck: Orfeo & Euridice - Act 2 Sc. 2 Ballo: The Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
• Gluck: Orfeo & Euridice - Act 2 Sc. 2 Aria: Che Puro Ciel!
• Gluck: Orfeo & Euridice - Act 3 Sc. 1 Recit: Ahimè! Dove Trascorsi?
• Gluck: Orfeo & Euridice - Act 3 Sc. 1 Aria: Che Farò Senza Euridice?
• Guadagni: Pensa A Serbami, O Cara

Handel:
O Lord, whose mercies numberless - from Saul
The raptur’d soul - from Theodora
Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay - from The Choice of Hercules
Destructive war - from Belshazzar

Hasse:
Accompagnato Ah che dissi!
Aria Se resto sul lido - from Didone abbandonata
Fanfare & Recitative Odi cola la frigia tromba?
Aria A trionfar mi chiama - from Didone abbandonata

Smith:
Say, lovely Dream! - from The Fairies

Arne:
Vengeance, O come inspire me! - from Alfred

CPE Bach:
Orchester-Sinfonie in D major H663

Gluck:
Ah! non turbi il mio riposo - from Telemaco
Ballo The Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Arioso Che puro ciel! - from Orfeo ed Euridice
Recitative Ahime! Dove trascorsi?
Aria Che faro senza Euridice? - from Orfeo ed Euridice

Gaetano Guadagni:
Pensa a serbarmi, o cara

British countertenor Iestyn Davies is one of the fastest rising stars on the concert and opera circuit. Following his highly acclaimed recording of Porpora cantatas, he returns for a second solo album with Hyperion, a selection of arias written for Gaetano Guadagni. Italian-born Guadagni was the first ‘modern’ castrato, famed all over Europe for the lyric purity of his voice and his powerful, naturalistic acting style. Not only did he enjoy a close artistic relationship with Handel, who nurtured Guadagni’s voice to fit the alto roles in his English oratorios, but he effectively created the role of Orpheus in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, an opera he thoroughly made his own. Here, Iestyn Davies is joined again by the renowned period-instrument band Arcangelo, directed by Jonathan Cohen