This Daniel's version is ,of course, much better than another one on YT which was even painful to listen as well as Bacelli's. It's excellent! Actually, I would compare it with just 2 others which I consider the best - Spanos's and Ragin's. They are all very good and in my opinion deserve 5 stars. But personally I think that Spanos's is the best! The two first parts are wonderful and very close to each other. Technique, agility, though, of course, some difference in timbers, colours...
I also find Spanos's timbre the most beautiful. But it's the last part of this da capo aria that makes all the difference. Only Spanos and Ragin sing it with a great sense of style! It's Tamerlano and baroque. In my opinion Daniels tries to make the imbellishment too beautiful as if forgetting that he is Tamerlano, the cruel ruler. His coloratura sounds to me more like from belcanto, not barocco. More like Rossini than Handel. It was more appropriate for his Di tanti palpiti.
I totally agree. his version might be okay for a recital, but he's not just in the character as for example Derek Lee Ragin or Nicholas Spanos is. But thats maybe due to the difference of singing a single aria or performe a whole opera.
I think that Spanos's light coloratura is the most exquisite, refined and the right for his image of Tamerlano, which as I said before is "noble", "lovable", "who never takes actions". Still Handel's operas are mainly about beauty. His singing is beautiful, lyric but also dramatic and expressive! I think it's the ideal image of Tamerlano in opera, not as a real historical character. I consider Spanos's Tamerlano the best of all! Then Ragin's. Do you fantasize about Cencic's T instead of Callas?
I can understand that you don't like Cencic's timbre, but can you explain, please, what it means that he "might sound too noble" for you? I thought that to sound noble is good. In which arias you think he sounds TOO noble? Does Callas sound noble? Did you mention her furious singing in Tosca? Or in some other operas?
@serenaluce i agree. Spanos version is much better than this. Daniels's coloratura technique is not good here at all, very choppy and he's not even singing all of the notes.
@arpeggio1358 Well, in the first place Daniels isn't one of my favourites and if I like his voice in general he usually spoils something for me or the whole piece exactly with his COLORATURA! But this version is much better than another one on YT where he was definitely not in his best voice. I think that his biggest problem is that he tries to make his singing TOO beautiful, using too much embelishment and forgets about an image. Spanos IMO is just a PERFECT Tamerlano with the perfect style!
Ten years after his studio recording David Daniels sings Tamerlano on stage, first on March 26th 2008 in Munich and since April 30th 2008 in Washington. „rmm413buploaded the Aria. Arscae86 uploaded on March 20th 2008 an interview with David Daniels speaking his Munich Production.
You actually hear David Daniels singing the aria included in his Handel Opera Aria Recital (1998, Norrington).
And seven years after her studio recording Monica Bacelli went back to sing Tamerlano (2008, McCreesh), uploaded with preceding recitative by OedipusColoneusMay 24th 2009.
On May 5th 2008 uploaded „signorinaermione a video taken on April 19th 2008 of the Concorso Città di Bologna 2008 serata finale, Teatro Guardassoni, with Aurelio Schiavoni accompanied by piano.
Onegin65 is sharing with us since June 26th 2008 the aria sung by Philippe Jaroussky (2004), which can also be heard in a little better quality since May 16th 2008 uploaded by gyom39t.
Also Bejun Mehta sung this aria (2005, Rousset). It was uploaded on March 31th 2008 by wienerfr.
On November 22th 2009 my YT-friend pavlos thankfully uploaded the aria sung by Nicholas Spanos (2007, Petrou).
The Aria was part of a concert at the Festival International de Musique Baroque de Beaune recorded at the Hospices de Beaune on July 6th 2003 sung by Christophe Dumaux, uploaded on March 23th 2008 by tobit 2008. The Leading violin is played Florence Malgoire, daughter of Jean-Claude Malgoire, who conducted the first recording of Tamerlano in 1983 with Henri Ledroit.
A commercial produced live recording of the opera was made by Gardiner (1985) and Pinnock (2001) casting the countertenor Derek Lee Ragin and the mezzo soprano Monica Bacelli.
Since October 26th 2008 „lalungenuictdestens is sharing with us here at YouTube the version of Derek Lee Ragin (1985, Gardiner).
„civilesouploaded July 15th 2007 another document of Derek Lee Ragin singing this aria (1999, Concerto Köln).
Hello, heres another version of G.F. Handels Aria A dispetto dun volto ingrato out of the opera TAMERLANO. This marvelous aria is documented in several commercial recordings made under professional studio conditions and also live recordings. Recording the whole opera in studio Henri Ledroit was the first haute-contre (1983, Malgoire) who sung Tamerlano, then countertenor Nicholas Spanos (2007, Petrou). David Daniels (1998, Norrington) added the aria to a Handel Opera Aria Recital.
Nice. Great aria. The best Tamerlano IMO is Nicholas Spanos. His version is simply fantastic.
tamerlano236 1 year ago
This Daniel's version is ,of course, much better than another one on YT which was even painful to listen as well as Bacelli's. It's excellent! Actually, I would compare it with just 2 others which I consider the best - Spanos's and Ragin's. They are all very good and in my opinion deserve 5 stars. But personally I think that Spanos's is the best! The two first parts are wonderful and very close to each other. Technique, agility, though, of course, some difference in timbers, colours...
serenaluce 2 years ago
No recording information were available for the YouTube video uploaded by "lucca77" on July 16th 2009 with Martin Oro.
Also no informations for the video uploaded on 1st December 2009 by "orpheelesartistes" with Héctor Sosa.
I hope we can share here many other versions of this aria so everyone can find his perfect artist interpreting this aria.
Veneziaenapoli 2 years ago
I also find Spanos's timbre the most beautiful. But it's the last part of this da capo aria that makes all the difference. Only Spanos and Ragin sing it with a great sense of style! It's Tamerlano and baroque. In my opinion Daniels tries to make the imbellishment too beautiful as if forgetting that he is Tamerlano, the cruel ruler. His coloratura sounds to me more like from belcanto, not barocco. More like Rossini than Handel. It was more appropriate for his Di tanti palpiti.
serenaluce 2 years ago
I totally agree. his version might be okay for a recital, but he's not just in the character as for example Derek Lee Ragin or Nicholas Spanos is. But thats maybe due to the difference of singing a single aria or performe a whole opera.
Veneziaenapoli 2 years ago
I think that Spanos's light coloratura is the most exquisite, refined and the right for his image of Tamerlano, which as I said before is "noble", "lovable", "who never takes actions". Still Handel's operas are mainly about beauty. His singing is beautiful, lyric but also dramatic and expressive! I think it's the ideal image of Tamerlano in opera, not as a real historical character. I consider Spanos's Tamerlano the best of all! Then Ragin's. Do you fantasize about Cencic's T instead of Callas?
serenaluce 2 years ago
Cencic? He's very good of course but I don't appreciate his timbre. I assume he might sound too noble for me.
Veneziaenapoli 2 years ago
I can understand that you don't like Cencic's timbre, but can you explain, please, what it means that he "might sound too noble" for you? I thought that to sound noble is good. In which arias you think he sounds TOO noble? Does Callas sound noble? Did you mention her furious singing in Tosca? Or in some other operas?
serenaluce 2 years ago
@serenaluce i agree. Spanos version is much better than this. Daniels's coloratura technique is not good here at all, very choppy and he's not even singing all of the notes.
arpeggio1358 1 year ago
@arpeggio1358 Well, in the first place Daniels isn't one of my favourites and if I like his voice in general he usually spoils something for me or the whole piece exactly with his COLORATURA! But this version is much better than another one on YT where he was definitely not in his best voice. I think that his biggest problem is that he tries to make his singing TOO beautiful, using too much embelishment and forgets about an image. Spanos IMO is just a PERFECT Tamerlano with the perfect style!
serenaluce 1 year ago
Ten years after his studio recording David Daniels sings Tamerlano on stage, first on March 26th 2008 in Munich and since April 30th 2008 in Washington. „rmm413buploaded the Aria. Arscae86 uploaded on March 20th 2008 an interview with David Daniels speaking his Munich Production.
You actually hear David Daniels singing the aria included in his Handel Opera Aria Recital (1998, Norrington).
Veneziaenapoli 2 years ago
And seven years after her studio recording Monica Bacelli went back to sing Tamerlano (2008, McCreesh), uploaded with preceding recitative by OedipusColoneusMay 24th 2009.
On May 5th 2008 uploaded „signorinaermione a video taken on April 19th 2008 of the Concorso Città di Bologna 2008 serata finale, Teatro Guardassoni, with Aurelio Schiavoni accompanied by piano.
Veneziaenapoli 2 years ago
Onegin65 is sharing with us since June 26th 2008 the aria sung by Philippe Jaroussky (2004), which can also be heard in a little better quality since May 16th 2008 uploaded by gyom39t.
Also Bejun Mehta sung this aria (2005, Rousset). It was uploaded on March 31th 2008 by wienerfr.
On November 22th 2009 my YT-friend pavlos thankfully uploaded the aria sung by Nicholas Spanos (2007, Petrou).
Veneziaenapoli 2 years ago
The Aria was part of a concert at the Festival International de Musique Baroque de Beaune recorded at the Hospices de Beaune on July 6th 2003 sung by Christophe Dumaux, uploaded on March 23th 2008 by tobit 2008. The Leading violin is played Florence Malgoire, daughter of Jean-Claude Malgoire, who conducted the first recording of Tamerlano in 1983 with Henri Ledroit.
Veneziaenapoli 2 years ago
A commercial produced live recording of the opera was made by Gardiner (1985) and Pinnock (2001) casting the countertenor Derek Lee Ragin and the mezzo soprano Monica Bacelli.
Since October 26th 2008 „lalungenuictdestens is sharing with us here at YouTube the version of Derek Lee Ragin (1985, Gardiner).
„civilesouploaded July 15th 2007 another document of Derek Lee Ragin singing this aria (1999, Concerto Köln).
Veneziaenapoli 2 years ago
Hello, heres another version of G.F. Handels Aria A dispetto dun volto ingrato out of the opera TAMERLANO. This marvelous aria is documented in several commercial recordings made under professional studio conditions and also live recordings. Recording the whole opera in studio Henri Ledroit was the first haute-contre (1983, Malgoire) who sung Tamerlano, then countertenor Nicholas Spanos (2007, Petrou). David Daniels (1998, Norrington) added the aria to a Handel Opera Aria Recital.
Veneziaenapoli 2 years ago