Airs italiens pour basse

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DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON CONCLUDES THE YEAR WITH HANDEL IN BEAUTY! Here is the highly anticipated debut album of Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Italian bass-baritone, who is no stranger to the yellow label. We have indeed been able to admire his talent and charisma alongside Anna Netrebko, in the highly acclaimed Marriage of Figaro (production from the Salzburg Festival 2006, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt released on CD and DVD by DG). For his first album, D'Arcangelo has chosen Handel, which he interprets for the first time! "This first recording is a challenge: on one hand, it is about overcoming the enormous technical difficulties, and on the other hand, mastering the entire expressive range required by Handel." That is why he chose to be accompanied by period instruments and called upon the Italian ensemble Modo Antiquo, conducted by Federico Maria Sardelli. D'Arcangelo personally selected the bass arias featured on this album: "my goal was to cover the entire life of Handel, all his musical experience." Therefore, it includes excerpts from operas as well as cantatas, which require "not only great vocal agility but also offer the singer the opportunity to use all his dramatic talent." SUCCESSFUL BET!