【代購】假聲男高音韋爾哈爾 / 韓德爾:神劇詠嘆調

新銳假聲男高音Oscar Verhaar的首張個人專輯,演唱了多首韓德爾神劇的詠嘆調.Challenge唱片公司對這張專輯格外重視,由旗下荷蘭老牌巴洛克音樂天團La Sfera Armoniosa在Mike Fentross的指揮下伴奏.
 
Freedom is a dominant theme in the English oratorios of Georg Friedrich Handel. These grand works are mostly based on biblical stories that deal with resistance, suppression, captivity and, finally, freedom. In his oeuvre we find impressive slave choruses and many arias about (the lack of) freedom, eight of which are presented on this album. As a versatile early music singer, countertenor Oscar Veraar has been performing major works by composers such as Bach and Handel next to lesser-known music from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. His interest in performance practice also leads him to do much of the required musicological research for these works. In this recording he can benefit from the invaluable support of an experienced orchestra like La Sfera Armoniosa, conducted by Mike Fentross.
 
曲目:
Handel:
Deborah, HWV 51, Act I: All danger disdaining
Samson HWV 57, Act II: Return, O God of Hosts
Alexander Balus HWV 65, Act III: Fury, with red-sparkling Eyes
Susanna HWV 66, Act I: Unmarked
Susanna HWV 66, Act II: Staccato e non troppo allegro – Lentement
Deborah HWV 51, Act I: In the Battle
Belshazzar HWV 61, Act I: Air - O sacred Oracles of Truth
Belshazzar HWV 61, Act II: Recit. accompany'd - Rejoice, my Countrymen
Belshazzar HWV 61, Act III: Recit. accompany'd - Thus saith the Lord
Joseph and his Brethren HWV 59, Symphony
Joseph and his Brethren HWV 59, Act I: Be firm, my Soul
Saul HWV 53, Act II: O Lord, whose Mercies numberless
Jephta HWV 70, Act III: Up the dreadful Steep ascending
 
Oscar Verhaar (countertenor)
La Sfera Armoniosa / Mike Fentross