Baroque Arias: J.S. Bach, Handel, Purcell @BrilliantClassics

Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

This program offers a generous and varied selection of arias by three of the greatest composers of the Baroque: Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel.

Composer: George Frideric Handel, Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach
Artists: Guy Cutting, Alvar Tiisler. Ensemble Floridante

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Presented are dramatic and moving arias from Handel’s Theodora, Jephta and Acis & Galatea, Purcell’s King Arthur, Oedipus and Diocletian, and Bach’s St. John and St. Matthew Passion.
This recording is a vocal showcase of two of the most prominent young vocalists of today: tenor Guy Cutting and baritone Alvar Tiisler.
Guy Cutting is recognised internationally for his compelling performances and refined musicianship, with a particular reputation in the music of J.S. Bach. A regular soloist with Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe, he has performed across Europe’s leading concert halls and festivals including La Scala Milan, the BBC Proms, The Philharmonie Berlin, Tonhalle Zurich, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam. He has collaborated with many of the world’s foremost period conductors such as Philippe Herreweghe, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Maasaki Suzuki, John Butt, Paul McCreesh, Jos van Veldhoven and Marcus Creed.
Baritone Alvar Tiisler has performed with orchestras such as the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, the Israeli Chamber Orchestra, the Israel Camerata, the Sinfonietta Riga, the Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra, the Barrocade Ensemble, and the Estonian Sinfonietta.
Ensemble Floridante is an Estonian Early Music ensemble founded in Tallinn in 2014. It is anchored by two core members: harpsichordist Saale Fischer and viola da gamba and cello player Villu Vihermäe. The ensemble brings together several dozen professional Estonian musicians united by their passion for Early Music.

Tracklist:
Composer: George Frideric Handel
Theodora, HWV 68:
00:00:00 I. Ouverture
00:03:23 II. Aria „Racks, Gibbets, Sword and Fire”
00:06:40 III. Aria „Dread the fruits”

00:09:32 Jephtha, HWV 70. Aria „Waft, her Angels”
00:13:32 Dettingen te Deum, HWV 283. Aria „Vouchsafe, O Lord”

Composer: Henry Purcell
King Arthur, Z.628:
00:15:36 I. Act 5, Scene 2 “Chaconne”
00:19:11 II. Act 3, Scene 2 “The Cold Song / Frost Scene”

00:22:34 Oedipus, Z.583 „Music for a While”
00:26:11 Dioclesian, Z.627. Chaconne “Two in One upon a Ground”

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
00:29:05 St John Passion, BWV 245: I. Arioso „Betrachte, meine Seel”
00:31:36 Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125: I. Aria duetto „Ein unbegreiflich Licht”
00:36:20 Ich habe meine Zuversicht, BWV 188: I. Aria „Ich habe meine Zuversicht”

00:43:24 Mass in G Major, BWV 236 „Gratias”

00:48:11 George Frideric Handel: Acis & Galatea, HWV 49: I. „Love in her Eyes sits playing”

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
St Matthew Passion, BWV 244:
00:53:22 I. Accompagnato „Am Abend, da es kühle war”
00:55:33 II. Aria „Mache dich, meine Herze, rein”

01:01:55 George Frideric Handel: Acis & Galatea, HWV 49: II. Aria „Love sounds th’Alarm”

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