Iestyn Davies

Iestyn Davies, Sophie Bevan & David Bates - Gluck- Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 [Live] (2019)

Iestyn Davies, Sophie Bevan & David Bates - Gluck- Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 [Live] (2019)
FLAC tracks +booklet | 01:28:33 | 390 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Pentatone

La Nuova Musica presents a new live recording of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, with countertenor star Iestyn Davies singing the title role. Once created to reinstate the “noble simplicity and calm grandeur” of ancient Greek culture, the opera continues to delight audiences with its direct and unpretentious appeal, epitomized by the world-famous aria Che farò senza Euridice. This live recording presents the original 1762 Vienna premiere version of the opera, with Gluck’s exquisite evocation of the Elysian Fields from his 1774 Paris version as a small addition.
Arias For Guadagni - Iestyn Davies, Jonathan Cohen, Arcangelo (2012)

Arias For Guadagni - Iestyn Davies, Jonathan Cohen, Arcangelo (2012)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 382 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | Catalog Number: 67924

British countertenor Iestyn Davies is one of the fastest rising stars on the concert and opera circuit. Following his highly acclaimed recording of Porpora cantatas, he returns for a second solo album with Hyperion, a selection of arias written for Gaetano Guadagni. Italian-born Guadagni was the first ‘modern’ castrato, famed all over Europe for the lyric purity of his voice and his powerful, naturalistic acting style. Not only did he enjoy a close artistic relationship with Handel, who nurtured Guadagni’s voice to fit the alto roles in his English oratorios, but he effectively created the role of Orpheus in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, an opera he thoroughly made his own. Here, Iestyn Davies is joined again by the renowned period-instrument band Arcangelo, directed by Jonathan Cohen.
Iestyn Davies, James Hall & The King's Consort & Robert King - Elegy (2019)

Iestyn Davies, James Hall & The King's Consort & Robert King - Elegy (2019)
WEB FLAC (Tracks +Booklet) 349 MB | Cover | 01:17:33 | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 219 MB
Classical, Vocal | Label: VIVAT

World-renowned countertenor Iestyn Davies, partnered by outstanding young countertenor James Hall and The King’s Consort, turns his attention to the music of Henry Purcell and his colleague John Blow.

Iestyn Davies - Bach: Cantatas Nos 35 & 169 (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Feb. 26, 2022
Iestyn Davies - Bach: Cantatas Nos 35 & 169 (2022)

Iestyn Davies - Bach: Cantatas Nos 35 & 169 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 326 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 160 MB
1:05:13 | Classical | Label: Hyperion

Bach wrote four cantatas for solo countertenor, two of which, BWV 35 and 169, incorporate magnificent concerto movements. So, they’re the perfect vehicles for the crack team of Iestyn Davies’s extraordinary vocal control and Arcangelo’s nimble-footedness.
BWV 169, Gott soll allein mein Herze haben (‘God alone shall have my heart’) leaps from the starting blocks with an ebullient sinfonia with organ obbligato that Bach himself probably played at its first performance in Leipzig in 1726, and which he later arranged as the first movement of the E major Keyboard Concerto BWV 1053. It’s compellingly paced and played here by Arcangelo who, in later movements, adapt to every one of Davies’s vocal inflections, most notably in recitatives. The second aria, ‘Stirb in mir’, a sicilienne, is one of Bach’s most breathtaking, and Davies and Arcangelo strike a near-perfect mix of ‘Affekt’ and rhythmic swing. No less impressive is the performance of BWV 35, Geist und Seele wird verwirret ('Spirit and Soul become confused') with its two noble sinfonias from a now-lost oboe concerto. The first of its three arias is another sicilienne, this time juxtaposing a decorative organ part.

Iestyn Davies - The Art of Melancholy: Songs by Dowland (2014)  Music

Posted by peotuvave at Feb. 2, 2015
Iestyn Davies - The Art of Melancholy: Songs by Dowland (2014)

Iestyn Davies - The Art of Melancholy: Songs by Dowland (2014)
EAC Rip | Flac (Image + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 305 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | Catalog Number: 68007

Of all English songwriters, John Dowland has enjoyed the most powerful afterlife, his voice unmistakably present in any version of his songs. The preeminent marriage of music and poetry, the nuanced shades of wit and melancholy and the extraordinary writing for both lute and voice all combine to proclaim Dowland as the father of English song.
Iestyn Davies / Handel: Your Tuneful Voice - Handel Oratorio Arias (2014) [Official Digital Download - 24bit/96kHz]

Iestyn Davies / Handel: Your Tuneful Voice - Handel Oratorio Arias (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Digital Booklet | 1.24 GB
Genre: Classical | Official Digital Download - Source: Linn Records

Acclaimed countertenor Iestyn Davies and The King’s Consort perform an outstanding programme of Handel arias from some of the composer’s finest oratorios. Eleven varied solo arias include ‘O sacred oracles of truth’, the delicate ‘Tune your harps’, ‘Eternal source of light’ (with supreme trumpet playing from Crispian Steele-Perkins), the melodious ‘Your tuneful voice’ and the virtuoso ‘Mighty love now calls to arm’, as well as rarities including ‘On the valleys, dark and cheerless’ and an especial jewel, ‘Mortals think that Time is sleeping’.

Iestyn Davies & Fretwork - Lamento (2021)  Music

Posted by delpotro at Aug. 24, 2021
Iestyn Davies & Fretwork - Lamento (2021)

Iestyn Davies & Fretwork - Lamento (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 285 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 149 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:04:37
Classical, Vocal | Label: Signum Classics

Countertenor Iestyn Davies and the viol consort Fretwork present a new recording of works for viol consort and voice, drawn from 17th Century Germany, following their critically praised 2019 album of works by Michael Nyman and Henry Purcell.
Iestyn Davies & Fretwork - Lamento (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Iestyn Davies & Fretwork - Lamento (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 64:37 minutes | 1,1 GB
Classical, Vocal | Label: Signum Classics, Official Digital Download

Countertenor Iestyn Davies and the viol consort Fretwork present a new recording of works for viol consort and voice, drawn from 17th Century Germany, following their critically praised 2019 album of works by Michael Nyman and Henry Purcell.
Iestyn Davies, Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen - Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170 (2017)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas Nos 54, 82 & 170 (2017)
Iestyn Davies, countertenor; Arcangelo; Jonathan Cohen, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 341 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 154 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Hyperion | # CDA68111 | Time: 01:04:51

Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - January 2017. Ich habe genug is a timeless, transcendental masterpiece: a profound expression of Christian faith at the very end of life. It demands artistry of a special order, and Iestyn Davies now joins the likes of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Lorraine Hunt Lieberson in the work’s distinguished discography. The couplings are equally ravishing performances of two other great solo cantatas, while the two orchestral sinfonias which complete the album will prove refreshingly familiar.
Iestyn Davies, Jonathan Cohen, Arcangelo - Nicola Porpora: Cantatas (2011)

Iestyn Davies, Jonathan Cohen, Arcangelo - Nicola Porpora: Cantatas (2011)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 341 Mb | Total time: 78:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | CDA67894 | Recorded: 2010

Young countertenor Iestyn Davies makes his highly anticipated Hyperion solo debut with an enchanting disc of cantatas by the Italian composer Nicola Porpora. Porpora s ability to set the Italian language to music was widely acknowledged during his lifetime and his music is full of imaginative word painting. Davies luminous tone has a celestial purity and he performs with prodigious technical assurance. His astonishing breath control creates a seamless melodic line. Davies is accompanied by the ensemble Arcangelo in interpretations that go far beyond mere historical understanding.