Release Date: 23 October 2015
Label: Avie
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
Susan Narucki, Curtis Macomber
Cantata Collective; Nicholas McGegan
Elena Ruehr; Stephen Salters; Donald Berman; David Zobel
Vancouver Chamber Choir & Contemporary Orchestra, Clyde Mitchell
Anthony de Mare; Conrad Tao
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen; John Churchwell
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Yulianna Avdeeva
Vilem Vlcek, Denis Linnik
Simone El Oufir Pierini
Romabarocca Ensemble|Lucia Casagrande Raffi|Elisabetta Pallucchi|Alessandro Pirozzi|Renato Criscuol
Quartetto Nous|Quartetto di Cremona
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien; Howard Griffiths; Evren Ozel; Jan Mracek
Olga Dowbusch-Lubotsky|Sophia Whitson
Miro Quart et , Kiera Duffy
