Release Date: 23 October 2015
Label: Avie Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 822252235029
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: The Power Of Love
Description
Grammy Award-winning soprano Amanda Forsythe joins the acclaimed baroque orchestra Apollo's Fire and their founder/director Jeanette Sorrell for an impassioned recording of arias from Handel's seminal operas.
Love, angst and revenge are the timeless themes of Handel's operas, as brought to vivid life in this recording by the acclaimed baroque orchestra, Apollo's Fire. Soprano Amanda Forsythe, described as "simply dazzling" by The New York Times, joins conductor/harpsichordist Jeannette Sorrell to explore the gamut of emotions, from fiery coloratura arias to tragic laments. The recording includes rarely-heard arias and a few favorite chestnuts, drawn from eight of the composer's operas.
Personnel: Amanda Forsythe (soprano), Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord/director)
Critical acclaim for Apollo's Fire and Amanda Forsythe:
"Forsythe sang with lovelorn emotion, studded with superb bursts of precise, seemingly effortless coloratura." - San Francisco Chronicle
"Amanda Forsythe was the star of the show. Her soprano has just the right amount of weight and vibrato; it soars, spins and sparkles with high dudgeon. She is also a total actress. Rage arias steadily gathered steam and exploded." - Wall Street Journal
"Expressive subtlety, exuberance and passion" - Classical Music Magazine on Apollo's Fire
"Apollo's Fire provided an evening of superlative music-making...European stylishness combined with American can-do entrepreneurialism." - The Daily Telegraph
Tracklisting
Lauren Scott
Lynda O'Connor; Anamus; David Brophy
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Sakari Oramo, Andrew Litton, André de Ridder, Jennifer Koh & I
Inbal Segev, London Philharmonic Orchestra & Marin Alsop
Gonzalo X. Ruiz, Portland Baroque Orchestra & Monica Huggett
Sebastian Bohren, Sergei Bolkhovets, Munchener Kammerorchester
Proteus Ensemble; Stephen Shellard
Catherine Redding, Northwest Sinfonia and Choir, Clyde Mitchell
The Orchestra Now; Leon Botstein
Concordian Dawn; Christopher Preston Thompson
Quartet ES
Sarah Beth Briggs
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Lorraine Hunt Liberson; Harry Bicket
Manuel Teles & Alexandra Tchernakova
Andre Rieu
Wu Wei; Martin Stegner; Janne Saksala
