Where'er You Walk Allan Clayton, The Choir of Classical Opera & Ian Page

• George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Esther, HWV 50a, Act I:
• 1 Tune your harps to cheerful strains 03:47
• Il Pastor fido, HWV 8, Act II:
• 2 Sol nel mezzo risona del core 03:51
• Ariodante, HWV 33: Act II:
• 3 Sinfonia 01:06
• 4 Aria: Tu vivi, e punito 03:38
• Alcina, HWV 34: Act III:
• 5 Recitative: M'inganna, me n'avveggo 00:16
• 6 Aria: Un momento di contento 04:09
• Alexander's Feast, HWV 75: Part I:
• 7 Aria: Happy pair 02:11
• 8 Happy pair 02:19
• Berenice, HWV 38, Act I:
• 9 Vedi l'ape che ingegnosa 04:35
• L'allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato, HWV 55: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Part III:
• 10 As steals the morn upon the night 05:50
• William Boyce (1711-1779): Solomon: Part II:
• 11 Sinfonia 02:32
• 12 Recitative: My fair's a garden of delight 00:22
• 13 Air: Softly rise, O southern breeze 03:20
• 14 Ye southern breezes gently blow 02:02
• George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Samson, HWV 57: Act III:
• 15 Recitative: Let but that spirit 00:38
• 16 Air: Thus when the sun from's wat'ry bed 03:48
• Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Part I:
• 17 Recitative: 'Tis well, my friends 00:34
• 18 Air: Call forth thy pow'rs, my soul, and dare 01:42
• Jephtha, HWV 70: Act III:
• 19 Air: Hide thou thy hated beams 02:30
• 20 Accompanied Recitative: A father, off'ring up his only child 00:21
• 21 Air: Waft her, Angels, through the skies 04:13
• John Christopher Smith (1712-1795):
• 22 The Fairies: Hark how the hounds and horn 05:05
• Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778): Artaxerxes, Act II:
• 23 Thou, like the glorious sun 04:50
• George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Semele, HWV 58: Act II:
• 24 Recitative: See, she appears 00:39
• 25 Air: Where'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade 04:41
• Total Runtime 01:08:59

Info for Where'er You Walk

Classical Opera explore a wealth of arias by Handel and his contemporaries William Boyce, John Christopher Smith and Thomas Arne, all of which were composed for the celebrated 18th-century tenor John Beard (1716-1791). For this recording Allan Clayton steps ably into this role, performing alongside the Orchestra of Classical Opera under Ian Page. The disc also features a duet with Mary Bevan, from Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.

„Clayton s tone has both the tenderness for the ravishing duet As steals the morn (with Bevan ideal in the soprano part), from L allegro, il penseroso ed il moderato an English work, despite the title and the heroic strains for the Israelite leaders Samson and Judas Maccabaeus. Jephtha s Waft her, angels is as moving a performance as I have heard, and if Clayton lacks the honeyed tone of Anthony Rolfe Johnson s Jupiter, he phrases with immaculate taste and style.“ (Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times)

„a lovely programme ... with the added bonus of a cameo from soprano Mary Bevan ( As steals the morn ) and the skilled support of Ian Page and The Orchestra of Classical Opera it s a very attractive package.“ (Alexandra Coghlan, Gramophone)

Allan Clayton, tenor
Mary Bevan, soprano
The Choir of Classical Opera
The Orchestra of Classical Opera
Ian Page, conductor

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