Christopher Purves returns to Handel's arias

‘Some of Handel’s greatest music was written for bass-baritones, and in Purves finds its ideal interpreter.’

Handel

Nell'Africane Selve, HWV 136A; Concerto Grosso in F, HWV 315; plus arias from Athalia; Belshazzar; Catone; Esther; Joshua; Rinaldo; Siroe; Re Di Persia; Tolomeo, Re Di Egitto

Christopher Purves (baritone); Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen

Hyperion CDA 68152 77:11 mins

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Freya Parr

Published: August 7, 2018 at 12:56 pm

‘Some of Handel’s greatest music was written for bass-baritones, and in Purves finds its ideal interpreter.’

Handel

Nell'Africane Selve, HWV 136A; Concerto Grosso in F, HWV 315; plus arias from Athalia; Belshazzar; Catone; Esther; Joshua; Rinaldo; Siroe; Re Di Persia; Tolomeo, Re Di Egitto

Christopher Purves (baritone); Arcangelo/Jonathan Cohen

Hyperion CDA 68152 77:11 mins

Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.

Christopher Purves returns to Handel's arias

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