William Towers - Handelian Pyrotechnics (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Armonico Consort return to album on Signum with a collection of Handel arias, performed by leading counter-tenor William Towers. A noted soloist in both opera and oratorio, the programme is taken from roles which Towers has sung across his career in various productions across the globe. Towers writes: “It is the life-affirming, live-giving aspect of Handel that I’m aiming to celebrate. So frequently his operas reveal their most devastatingly beautiful and uplifting music when life is at its darkest. Here the arias shine brightest, here we find Radamisto’s ‘Ombra cara’ and the boundlessly optimistic ‘Dopo l’orrore’, looking out beyond the darkest clouds to the faint glimmer of a dawning hope. This is the uncrushable, indomitable spirit that lies in all of us … We just need to take the time to listen.”

TRACKLIST

01. William Towers, Armonico Consort & Christopher Monks - Xerxes, Hwv 40: Ombra mai fu
02. William Towers, Armonico Consort & Christopher Monks - Poro re dell'Indie, Hwv 28: Se possono tanto due luci vezzose
03. William Towers, Armonico Consort & Christopher Monks - Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Hwv 17: Al lampo dell'armi
04. William Towers, Armonico Consort & Christopher Monks - Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Hwv 17: Dall'ondoso periglio – Aure der per pietà
05. William Towers, Armonico Consort & Christopher Monks - Rinaldo, Hwv 7: Cara Sposa
06. William Towers, Armonico Consort & Christopher Monks - Orlando, Hwv 31: Cielo! Se tu il consentí
07. William Towers, Armonico Consort & Christopher Monks - Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, Hwv 19: Dove Sei
08. William Towers, Armonico Consort & Christopher Monks - Radamisto, Hwv 12: Qual nave smarrita
09. William Towers, Armonico Consort & Christopher Monks - Radamisto, Hwv 12: Ombra Cara
10. William Towers, Armonico Consort & Christopher Monks - Agrippina, Hwv 6: Tacerò, purchè Fedele
11. William Towers, Armonico Consort & Christopher Monks - Ottone, re di Germania, Hwv 15: Dopo l’orrore



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