Artaserse reviews
Philippe Jaroussky performs Handel's Arias
Directing his own ensemble Artaserse as well as singing, in his latest disc Philippe Jaroussky concentrates on Handel, and specifically on some of the composer’s lesser known operas. He also makes no bones about the fact that he transposes some of the arias – as Handel himself might well have done with a different singer taking the role; from both a practical and an artistic point of view, that makes perfect sense. There’s certainly plenty to enjoy in this generous selection of extracts.