Christopher Purves is renowned for both the powerful sense of dramatic conviction he brings to everything he undertakes, and for a vocal technique which must be heard to be believed. From Handel’s early cantata to selections from Italian opera and English oratorio, this is a recital from a very special singer indeed.
‘Purves is surely unique among today’s Anglophone singers in fusing an easily produced high baritone, by turns mellifluous and incisive, with a clean, resonant bass register … characterisation is ...
BBC Music Magazine
‘The voice of Christopher Purves negotiating those perilous leaps [in Nell'africane selve] from one extreme of his vocal range to the other with ridiculous ease—what an impressive piece of singing tha ...
BBC Music Magazine‘The voice of Christopher Purves negotiating those perilous leaps [in Nell'africane selve] from one extreme of his vocal range to the other with ridiculous ease—what an impressive piece of singing tha ...