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The music world is suffering from no lack of strong young countertenors, and there should be no worries about the continuation of the art as Scholl and the other greats age. Consider Barnaby Smith, whose voice is marked by its versatility across this recital of music by Handel, who requires it. He's probably at his strongest in the athletic arias (try "Venti, turbini, prestate," from Rinaldo, HWV 7), where he has the muscle to sculpt each note cleanly. But there are many other attractions. He's creamy in the pastoral numbers, and in slow pieces he has a distinctive way of lowering the vibrato to zero and holding a knife-blade tone until just before it becomes unpleasant. (In other pieces his vibrato is light and graceful.) Smith also is teamed with Baroque violinist Bojan Čičić and his Illyria Consort, also rising fast; the group's instrumental work is bright and precise and sparkling, and it gets to show off in several instrumental numbers, including the overture to Guilio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17. A state-of-the-art countertenor recital.
© TiVo
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George Frideric Handel, Composer - Barnaby Smith, MainArtist - The Illyria Consort, Orchestra, MainArtist - CPDL, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 VOCES8 Records (P) 2021 VOCES8 Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Barnaby Smith, MainArtist - Bojan Čičić, MainArtist - The Illyria Consort, Orchestra, MainArtist - Catriona McDermid, MainArtist - CPDL, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 VOCES8 Records (P) 2021 VOCES8 Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Barnaby Smith, MainArtist - The Illyria Consort, Orchestra, MainArtist - CPDL, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 VOCES8 Records (P) 2021 VOCES8 Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Mary Bevan, MainArtist - Barnaby Smith, MainArtist - The Illyria Consort, Orchestra, MainArtist - CPDL, MusicPublisher
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George Frideric Handel, Composer - Barnaby Smith, Conductor, MainArtist - The Illyria Consort, Orchestra, MainArtist - CPDL, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 VOCES8 Records (P) 2021 VOCES8 Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Barnaby Smith, MainArtist - The Illyria Consort, Orchestra, MainArtist - CPDL, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 VOCES8 Records (P) 2021 VOCES8 Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Mary Bevan, MainArtist - Barnaby Smith, MainArtist - The Illyria Consort, Orchestra, MainArtist - CPDL, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 VOCES8 Records (P) 2021 VOCES8 Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Barnaby Smith, MainArtist - The Illyria Consort, Orchestra, MainArtist - CPDL, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 VOCES8 Records (P) 2021 VOCES8 Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Barnaby Smith, Conductor, MainArtist - The Illyria Consort, Orchestra, MainArtist - CPDL, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 VOCES8 Records (P) 2021 VOCES8 Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Gavin Edwards, MainArtist - Barnaby Smith, MainArtist - The Illyria Consort, Orchestra, MainArtist - CPDL, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 VOCES8 Records (P) 2021 VOCES8 Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Barnaby Smith, MainArtist - The Illyria Consort, Orchestra, MainArtist - CPDL, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 VOCES8 Records (P) 2021 VOCES8 Records
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Mary Bevan, MainArtist - Barnaby Smith, MainArtist - The Illyria Consort, Orchestra, MainArtist - CPDL, MusicPublisher
(C) 2021 VOCES8 Records (P) 2021 VOCES8 Records
Album review
The music world is suffering from no lack of strong young countertenors, and there should be no worries about the continuation of the art as Scholl and the other greats age. Consider Barnaby Smith, whose voice is marked by its versatility across this recital of music by Handel, who requires it. He's probably at his strongest in the athletic arias (try "Venti, turbini, prestate," from Rinaldo, HWV 7), where he has the muscle to sculpt each note cleanly. But there are many other attractions. He's creamy in the pastoral numbers, and in slow pieces he has a distinctive way of lowering the vibrato to zero and holding a knife-blade tone until just before it becomes unpleasant. (In other pieces his vibrato is light and graceful.) Smith also is teamed with Baroque violinist Bojan Čičić and his Illyria Consort, also rising fast; the group's instrumental work is bright and precise and sparkling, and it gets to show off in several instrumental numbers, including the overture to Guilio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17. A state-of-the-art countertenor recital.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:55
- Main artists: Barnaby Smith The Illyria Consort
- Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
- Label: VOCES8 Records
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
(C) 2021 VOCES8 Records (P) 2021 VOCES8 Records
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