from Handel: Handel's Finest Arias for Base Voice, Vol. 2 (CDA68152) 1 Andante – Allegro – Lentamente [3'56] 10 minutes 32 seconds 4 tracks2 Andante [1'56] 3 Allegro [1'32] 4 Minuetto alternativo [3'08] ‘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 ... |