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Handel - Freedom: Oratorio Arias | Challenge Classics CC72973

Handel - Freedom: Oratorio Arias

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Label: Challenge Classics

Cat No: CC72973

Barcode: 0608917297324

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 26th April 2024

Contents

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Alexander Balus, HWV65
» Fury with red sparkling eyes
Belshazzar, HWV61
» Oh sacred oracles of truth (Act 1)
Deborah, HWV51
» All danger disdaining
» In the battle
Jephtha, HWV70
» Up the dreadful steep ascending
Joseph and his Brethren, HWV59
» Be firm, my Soul
» Symphony
Samson, HWV57
» Return, O God of hosts
Saul, HWV53
» O Lord, whose mercies numberless
Susanna, HWV66
» Overture

Artists

Oscar Verhaar (countertenor)
La Sfera Armoniosa

Conductor

Mike Fentross

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Alexander Balus, HWV65
» Fury with red sparkling eyes
Belshazzar, HWV61
» Oh sacred oracles of truth (Act 1)
Deborah, HWV51
» All danger disdaining
» In the battle
Jephtha, HWV70
» Up the dreadful steep ascending
Joseph and his Brethren, HWV59
» Be firm, my Soul
» Symphony
Samson, HWV57
» Return, O God of hosts
Saul, HWV53
» O Lord, whose mercies numberless
Susanna, HWV66
» Overture

Artists

Oscar Verhaar (countertenor)
La Sfera Armoniosa

Conductor

Mike Fentross

About

The debut album by young countertenor Oscar Verhaar showcases eight arias drawn from Handel's English oratorios.

Freedom is a dominant theme in the English oratorios of George Frideric 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.

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