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Brian Asawa: The Complete RCA Recordings | Sony - Classical Masters 88985386972

Brian Asawa: The Complete RCA Recordings

Label: Sony - Classical Masters

Cat No: 88985386972

Barcode: 0889853869725

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 5

Release Date: 28th April 2017

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Contents

Artists

Brian Asawa (countertenor)
Margaret Batjer (violin)
Susan Bickley
Dean Ely
Gary Gray (clarinet)
Judith Malafronte
Lisa Milne
Jennifer Smith
David Tayler (lute)
David Thomas
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Arcadian Academy
The Hanover Band
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Conductors

Jeffrey Kahane
Neville Marriner
Nicholas McGegan

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Serse (Xerxes), HWV40 (highlights)

Heggie, Jake

Encountertenor

Rorem, Ned

From An Unknown Past
More Than A Day
Water Music

Scarlatti, Alessandro

Cantata 'Clori vezzosa, e bella'
Cantata 'Ferma omai, fugace e bella'
Cantata 'Nel silenzio comune'
Cantata 'Piango, sospiro, e peno'
Cantata pastorale 'Non so qual piu m'ingombra'

Artists

Brian Asawa (countertenor)
Margaret Batjer (violin)
Susan Bickley
Dean Ely
Gary Gray (clarinet)
Judith Malafronte
Lisa Milne
Jennifer Smith
David Tayler (lute)
David Thomas
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Arcadian Academy
The Hanover Band
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

Conductors

Jeffrey Kahane
Neville Marriner
Nicholas McGegan

About

The American Brian Asawa, who died tragically young in 2016, became one of the world’s foremost countertenors before he was 30, acclaimed for the exceptional size, richness, agility and beauty of his voice. In 1991 he was the first countertenor ever to win the Metropolitan Opera Auditions and soon he was singing with opera companies all over the world. He was also a gifted recitalist and made a notable series of recordings for RCA/BMG. All reissued here in a 5-CD set, they range from Elizabethan Lute Songs to a disc of songs by Ned Rorem and include excerpts from the complete recording of Handel’s opera Serse conducted by Nicholas McGegan, in which BBC Magazine singled out for praise Brian Asawa’s “luscious legato” in the role of Arsamene.

Contents:

CD 1
John Dowland, Thomas Campion, Traditional - Songs

CD 2
Fauré, Medtner, Villa Lobos, Rachmaninov - Songs

CD 3
Ned Rorem - More Than A Day, Water Music, From An Unknown Past
Jake Heggie - Encountertenor

CD 4
Alessandro Scarlatti - Cantatas

CD 5
Handel - Serse (excerpts)

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