If music…
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HENRY PURCELL / GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL / JOHANN JOSEPH FUX
If music…
Jakub Józef Orliński (countertenor), Michał Biel (piano)
[ Erato / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 27 March 2026
If music… showcases star countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński in 17 songs and arias by three composers of the Baroque era: Purcell, Handel and Fux. Perhaps unexpectedly, he is partnered not by an ensemble of period instruments but by a pianist - his long-standing colleague Michał Biel, who draws on all the possibilities of a modern Steinway grand.
"On this album we have combined arias and songs that inspire and speak to us, " says Jakub Józef Orliński. Some of them are quite well known, but others are less popular. I have been familiar with many of them for years, though I have to admit that, in some cases, I needed to mature artistically to be able to do what I envisioned when I first encountered them - Handel's 'Ombra mai fu' and Purcell's 'Cold Song', for example ... I love thinking of albums as pages out of my diary. They are a statement of where I am as an artist … They solidify my interpretations, which sometimes change over time."
Tracks:
1. Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Song. "Music for a While"
2. Come, Ye Sons of Art Away, Z. 323: No. 5, Ritornello. "Strike the Viol"
3. King Arthur, Z. 628, Act 3: Cold Song. "What Power Art Thou?"
4. Pausanius, Z. 585: Song. "Sweeter Than Roses"
5. Bonduca, Z. 574, Act 5: Solo. "O, Lead Me"
6. If Music Be the Food of Love, Z. 379 (Third Version)
7. Serse, HWV 40, Act 1: Largo. "Ombra Mai Fu" (Serse)
8. Rodelinda, Regina De' Longobardi, HWV 19, Act 3: Aria. "Un Zeffiro Spirò" (Rodelinda)
9. Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: Aria. "Siam Prossimi Al Porto" (Eustazio)
10. Partenope, HWV 27, Act 2: Aria. "Furibondo Spira Il Vento" (Arsace)
11. Semele, HWV 58, Act 2: Aria. "Where'er You Walk" (Jupiter)
