Siroe, Re di Persia, HWV24 - Gelido in ogni vena
Esther, HWV50a - Turn not, O Queen, thy face away
Athalia, HWV52 - When storms the proud
Belshazzar, HWV61 - Oh, memory!, Opprest with never-ceasing grief
Catone, HWV A7 - E ver che all’amo intorno
Concerto grosso in F major, Op. 3/4
Tolomeo, Re di Egitto, HWV25 - Piangi pur
Athalia, HWV52 - Ah, canst thou but prove me!
Nell’africane selve, HWV136a
Joshua, HWV64 - The walls are levell’d, See, the raging flames arise
Esther, HWV50a - How art thou fall’n from thy height!
Siroe, Re di Persia, HWV24 - Tu di pieta mi spogli
Rinaldo, HWV7a - Vieni, o cara
Joshua, HWV64 - Shall I in Mamre’s fertile plain

Christopher Purves is renowned for both the powerful sense of dramatic conviction he brings to everything he undertakes, and for a vocal technique which must be heard to be believed. From Handel’s early cantata to selections from Italian opera and English oratorio, this is a recital from a very special singer indeed.

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Recorded in St-Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, on 26 - 28 February 2016