Handel Arias

Handel Arias

Handel Arias
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Composer: George Frederick Handel
Conductor: Thomas Dunn
Performer: Russell Oberlin
Performer: Albert Fuller
Orchestra: Baroque Chamber Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-03-13
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
  1. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: But who may abide the day of His coming
  2. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: How beautiful, are the feet
  3. Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54: Their land brought forth frogs
  4. Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54: Thou shalt bring them in
  5. Muzio Scevola, opera, Act III, HWV 13: Ah dolce nome!
  6. Rodelinda, regina de' Langobardi, opera, HWV 19: Vivi, tiranno!
  7. Rodelinda, regina de' Langobardi, opera, HWV 19: Dove sei, amato bene
  8. Radamisto, opera, HWV 12: Ombra cara

Description of Handel Arias

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Five decades ago, when Alfred Deller was trailblazing for the countertenor voice in Britain, Russell Oberlin was doing the same thing in America. Oberlin doesn't sound anything like what we expect from a countertenor. Rather than a velvety alto, his is actually a piercingly sweet tenor timbre, but generally "sitting" at least a fourth higher than the typical lyric tenor. He gets a little reedy at the very top, but he has fine flexibility (listen to the coloratura in "Vivi tiranno" from Rodelinda, sung in rather too "polite" Italian), and he caresses legato passages with expert control (in, for example, an exquisite "Thou shalt bring them in" from Israel in Egypt). Stylistically we've come a long way since Oberlin; there are some scooped attacks and swoopy phrasing, while ornamentation is often musically awkward and, in one instance, downright outrageous (the cadenza concluding Radamisto's "Ombra cara"). Also, although he's a fervent interpreter, genuine dramatic fire isn't Oberlin's to give. Still, the singing here ? particularly the more plaintive arias ? gives considerable pleasure. The orchestral accompaniment is very much of its time, grand-toned and stodgy. Fine sound, but no texts and only a brief program note. --Roger Pines

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