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Handel - The Choice of Hercules: Yet can I hear that dulcet lay
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Desandre’s pure, warm core and skilled application of vocal colours make her lyricism seductive, while her warp-speed passagi are simply astonishing. Countertenor Iestyn Davies delivers the... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2023, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female & Male Singer of the Year, Conductor of the Year, Solo Vocal
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Arias for Guadagni
Recommendedthe first modern castrato
Iestyn Davies (countertenor)
Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
Through his effortless line, countertenor Iestyn Davies revivifies Guadagni's Orphic powers...Whether drawing out sustained notes or knitting together filigreed coloratura, he is a paragon of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2012, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Recital
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Handel: English Arias
James Bowman (countertenor), with Susan Gritton (soprano), with Katharina Spreckelsen (oboe)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Arias from the oratorios are sung with the distinctive vocal timbre and panache for which Bowman is well-known. Twice joined by Susan Gritton this recital finds both artists on engaging form. —
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Special offer. Your Tuneful Voice: Handel Oratorio Arias
Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
The King’s Consort, Robert King
Davies's quick coloratura is dazzling in the final aria, 'How can I stay when love invites?' —
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Total Eclipse - Handel At Home, Vol. 2
Silas Wollston (soloist, organ), Rachel Brown (flute), Adrian Butterfield (violin), Oliver Webber, Rachel Byrt, Gavin Kibble, Naomi Burrell, Carina Cosgrave
An incandescent presence, Brown deploys her invention, and the particular qualities of the traverse flute – its sensitivity to touch and breath, its audible woodiness, its luminous colours –... —
