Bach, Handel, Mozart: Arias Aksel Rykkvin

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
• 1 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!, BWV 51: Aria: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! (version for voice and orchestra) 04:14
• 2 Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68: Aria: Mein Glaeubiges Herze 03:44
• George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
• 3 Joshua, HWV 64: Happy, oh thrice happy we 03:00
• 4 Alcina, HWV 34, Act I: Act I: Aria: Chi m'insegna il caro padre? 03:11
• 5 Alcina, HWV 34: Aria: Barbara 03:01
• 6 Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act II: Lascia ch'io pianga 04:14
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
• 7 St. John Passion, BWV 245: Aria: Ich folge dir gleichfalls 03:25
• George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
• 8 Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74, "Eternal Source of Light Divine" 03:17
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
• 9 Anna Magdalena Notenbuch (Clavier-Buchlein III): Bist du bei mir, BWV 508 (attrib. G.H. Stolzel) 02:18
• George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
• 10 For unto Us a Child Is Born: How beautiful are the feet of Him 02:13
• 11 For unto Us a Child Is Born: Air: Thou art gone up on high 02:58
• 12 Samson, HWV 57: Act III: Let the bright Seraphim in burning row 05:11
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
• 13 Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: Quia respexit 02:44
• 14 Der zufriedengestellte Aolus: Zerreisset, zerspringet, zertrummert die Gruft, BWV 205: Aria: Angenehmer Zephyrus 04:12
• George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
• 15 Joshua, HWV 64: Act I: O had I Jubal's lyre 02:44
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
• 16 Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act II Scene 2: Act II Scene 2: Arietta: Voi, che sapete che cosa e amor 02:46
• 17 Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act I Scene 5: Act I Scene 5: Aria: Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio 02:39
• 18 Exsultate jubilate, K. 165: Allelujah 02:28
• Total Runtime 58:19

Info for Bach, Handel, Mozart: Arias

Norwegian boy-soprano Aksel Rykkvin has quickly built a reputation as a rare talent, combining an intelligent musicality with a beautifully resonant treble voice. On his debut recording he is accompanied by The Orchestra of the Age on Enlightenment under Nigel Short (leader of award-winning chamber choir Tenebrae), in a selection of arias by Mozart, Handel and JS Bach. Many of the arias performed are considered too technically demanding for boy singers in the present day – in particular Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate which was composed for the castrato Venunzio Rauzzini, and several of Bach’s Cantatas which were written at a time when singers often maintained their treble voices until the ages of 16 or 17.

"Freakishly good, with a musical assurance and richness of tone that are almost superhuman." (Financial Times)

"Widely praised for his richness of tone and instinctive, innate musicality." (BBC Music Magazine)

"It's a remarkable performance - pure, technically perfect and hauntingly beautiful." (Classic FM)

Aksel Rykkvin, treble
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Nigel Short, conductor

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