Ruth Ann Swenson: Endless Pleasure: Handel & Mozart Arias

Charles Mackerras (Artist), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Artist), Lisa Beznosiuk (Artist), The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Artist), George Frideric Handel (Artist), Ruth Ann Swenson (Artist), John Toll (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 3, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B00000DFNV
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,750 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent recording, October 28, 1999

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This review is from: Ruth Ann Swenson: Endless Pleasure: Handel & Mozart Arias (Audio CD)

I own every recording that Swenson has ever done. (which isn't any kind of unusual feat, she is terribly under-recorded) This one shows off her ease with the challenges of Handel and Mozart. "Myself I Shall Adore" is sung with an amusing sense of playful vanity--not to mention the accuracy and sheer beauty of her fioratura and trills. Swenson moves her voice with quicksilver speed. Every note is articulated. I love the intimate way she caresses Handel's intoxicatingly lovely, "V'adoro pupille." Caesar would have been utterly charmed. My favorite item on the disc is her "Parto m'affretto." It's filled with a true heroine's pathos and seamless coloratura. Her staccatti are spectacular. A very passionate and gorgeous performance that will bring you endless pleasure.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heavenly music from a heavenly singer, October 2, 1999

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"sstadler" (Rome, Italy) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ruth Ann Swenson: Endless Pleasure: Handel & Mozart Arias (Audio CD)

The reviewer from San Francisco is wildly inaccurate. Swenson sings VERY passionately, conveying the text. Endless Pleasure is NOT from Giulio Cesare, it is from the opera Semele, so the characterzation is differnt. The real pleasure here though, are the Handel selections, sung with such technical prowess, she will take your breath away, especially in "Myself I Shall Adore". This is Baroque opera sung at its finest and is a good introduction to the genre. The whole mood of the album is sunny and fresh and is the perfect CD for a Sunday afternoon.

5.0 out of 5 stars Bellìsima voz....excelente versiones de Mozart and Haendel, June 5, 2011

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Manuel Carranza C "Hamelin" (Lima, PERU) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ruth Ann Swenson: Endless Pleasure: Handel & Mozart Arias (Audio CD)

Rut Ann Swenson es dueña de una preciosa voz y excelente musicalidad. Nos entrega aquí una selección de obras de Haendel y Mozart, compositores de un especialísimo don para las melodías y expertos conocedores de las posibilidades técnicas de la voz para su época. Muy hermosa la versión de "Da tempeste il legno infrato" de la ópera Giulio Cesare de Haendel donde su voz se torna ligera y muy fresca.
Preciosa tambien la interpretación del aria "Martern aller Arten" de "El Rapto del Serrallo" de Mozart.
The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment dirigidos por Sir Charles Mackerras simplemente exquisita.