Christopher Purves - Handel: Finest Arias For Base Voice 2 Release:Handel: Finest Arias For Base Voice 2 Hyperion • The three tracks presented

• The three tracks presented here are take from the latter album and including the track famously sampled by hip-hop legend J Dilla "Tibetan Serenity"

With Tales in Power

"My thing was they had to sound different from the originals

you're always seeking a new sound

Christopher Purves - Handel: Finest Arias For Base Voice 2 Release:Handel: Finest Arias For Base Voice 2 Hyperion • The three tracks presentedThe magnificent Christopher Purves performs a recital of Handel's bass arias. This unique collection demonstrates the range and brilliance of Handel's writing for this voice, featuring a selection from Italian and English operas, English classical drama, Biblical oratorios, literary odes and a masque. Handel's endlessly imaginative gift for characterization is fully explored here, with Purves commanding an extraordinary emotional and technical range