Ewa Podles – Handel Arias from Rinaldo and Orlando (2000)

1. Rinaldo: Venti turbini
2. Rinaldo: Cara sposa
3. Rinaldo: Abbruggio, avvampo e fremo
4. Rinaldo: E un incendio frà due venti
5. Rinaldo: Ogni indugio d'un amante
6. Rinaldo: Or la tromba
7/8. Rinaldo: Tale stupor m'occupa...Cor ingrato
9. Rinaldo: Il tricerbero umiliato
10. Orlando: Fammi combattere
11/12. Orlando: E questa la mercede...Cielo! Se tu il consenti
13/14. Orlando: Imagini funeste...Non fu già men forte Alcide
15. Orlando: Già lo stringo
16/17/18. Orlando: Ah Stigie larve...Già latra Cerbero...Vaghe pupille

Ewa Podles – contralto
Malcolm Hamilton - harpsichord
Moscow Chamber Orchestra 
Constantine Orbelian – conductor

...impressive three-octave range...hugely resonant and heroic low tones, smoky middle, brilliant top...astonishing flexibility... this recital reveals her dazzling outrageous and personalized approach to Handel, and it is stunning. The first two tracks alone demonstrate mastery of every vocal, theatrical and musical technique demanded by this repertoire.... This is the stuff eighteenth-century writers used to rave about... Such artistic integrity and completeness set Podles apart... Seat belts suggested. -- Opera News

...the Polish artist is that extremely rare phenomenon - a genuine contralto of luxuriant tone and bottomless resources. ... a true bel canto expert. It's hard even to imagine a voice of this weight scaling the heights and depths of Handel coloratura with such nonchalance, and it's even more amazing to hear it on this disc... incredible agility, seamless breath control and almost terrifying authority. --- San Francisco Examiner

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