George Frideric Handel;Christopher Purves,Arcangelo,Jonathan CohenHandel’s Finest Arias for Base Voice

Rinaldo, HWV7a: Aria “Sibilar gli angui d’Aletto” (Argante)

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Accompagnato “I Rage, I Melt, I Burn!” –

Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Air “O Ruddier Than the Cherry” (Polyphemus)

Acis, Galatea e Polifemo, HWV 72: Aria “Fra l’ombre e gl’orrori” (Polifemo)

L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Recitative “If I Give Thee Honour Due” –

L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55: Air “Mirth, Admit Me of Thy Crew” (L’Allegro)

La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Accompagnato “Qual’insolita luce” –

La Resurrezione, HWV 47: Aria “Caddi, è ver” (Lucifero)

Deborah, HWV 51: Air “Tears, Such as Tender Fathers Shed” (Abinoam)

Belshazzar, HWV 61: Air “To Pow’r Immortal My First Thanks Are Due” (Gobrias)

Orlando, HWV 31: Accompagnato “Impari ognun da Orlando” –

Orlando, HWV 31: Aria “Sorge infausta una procella” (Zoroastro)

Theodora, HWV 68: Air “Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire” (Valens)

Muzio Scevola, HWV 13: Aria “Volate più dei venti” (Porsena)

Agrippina, GWV 6: Aria “Vieni, o cara” (Claudio)

Riccardo Primo, Re d’Inghilterra, HWV 23: Aria “Nel mondo e nell’abisso”

Apollo e Dafine, HWV 122: Aria “Mie piante correte” –

Apollo e Dafine, HWV 122: Aria “Cara pianta” (Apollo)

Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75: Air “Revenge, Timotheus Cries”

Semele, HWV 58: Air “Leave Me, Loathsome Light” (Somnus)