Handel, Nine German Arias, Purcell, Buxtehude and Blow
Iestyn Davies, Ensemble Guadagni
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- Iestyn Davies countertenor
- Ensemble Guadagni
- Matthew Truscott violin
- Jonathan Manson viola da gamba
- David Miller theorbo
- Robert Howarth harpsichord, organ
Within a year of recording this CD at his first solo recital at Wigmore Hall, Iestyn Davies went onto receive the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artists award. The concert also represented his first collaboration with Ensemble Guadagni, comprising some of the UK's finest period instrument specialists.
The recital opens with a triumphant cantata by Buxtehude and, in John Blow’s As on his deathbed gasping Strephon lay, includes a piece with satirical overtones - celebrating the final repentance of the Earl of Rochester, a famous libertine. By contrast, Handel’s Nine German Arias’ were written in the 1720s to poems expressing “Earthly delight in God” by the composer’s old friend Barthold Heinrich Brockes.
When Davies sang in Handel’s Partenope at the New York City Opera, the New York Times described him as “The vocal star of the night … He sang with a luminous, creamy countertenor”.
Track Listing
Dietrich Buxtehude (c.1637-1707)
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01. Jubilate Domino, omnis terra BuxWV. 64
Henry Purcell (c.1659-1695)
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02. Gentle shepherds, you that know, on the death of John Playford Z464
John Blow (1648-1708)
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03. As on his deathbed gasping Strephon lay (A Pastoral Elegy)
Henry Purcell
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04. What a sad fate is mine Z428A
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
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05. Künft'ger Zeiten eitler Kummer HWV202
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06. Die ihr aus dunklen Grüften HWV208
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07. Süsse Stille, sanfter Quelle HWV205
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08. Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken HWV204
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09. Das zitternde Glänzen der spielenden Wellen HWV203
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10. Singe, Seele, Gott zum Preise HWV206
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11. Meine Seele hört im Sehen HWV207
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12. In den angenehmen Büschen HWV209
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13. Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden HWV210
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Buy tracks 5 - 13 as a group
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14. Announcement
Henry Purcell
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15. An Evening Hymn
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