Drew Minter

About the artist

Born: January 11, 1955 - Washington D.C., USA Among the world's premier counter-tenors, Drew Minter began his musical pursuits at the age of 9 as a boy treble at the Washington National Cathedral. He studied first at Indiana University, where he received his B.S. in Music and Languages in 1977, then at the Vienna Musikhochschule where he received his Diploma in Lieder and Oratorio in 1979. Twice he won prizes at the Bruges Early Music Competition, in 1977 as a member of the Collegium Musicum Budapest, and again in 1983 as a soloist.

Top songs

  1. Agitato da fiere tempeste [Riccardo Primo: I,6]
  2. È questa la Mercede/Cielo! Se tu il consenti [Orlando: II,3]
  3. Va tacito e nascosto [Giulio Cesare: I,9]
  4. Amor, nel mio penar [Flavio: III,4]
  5. Non è si vago e bello [Giulio Cesare: I,7]
  6. Lied: Blozen wir den anger ligen sahen
  7. T'ubbidirò, crudele/Fammi combattere [Orlando: I,9]
  8. Nube, che il Sole/Si fugge il duol [Riccardo Primo: II,7]
  9. Ah! Stigie Larve/Già latra Cerbero/Mà la furia/Vaghe pupille [Orlando: II,11]
  10. Cantata, BWV 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", Part 2: X. Chorale: "Jesu bleibet meine Freude" (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)
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  1. Sweeter Than Roses
  2. Vivi, tiranno [Rodelinda: III,4]
  3. Handel: Esther: Praise The Lord
  4. Che più si tarda omai/Inumano fratel/Stille amare [Tolomeo: III,6]
  5. Già per la man/Già l'ebro mio ciglio [Orlando: III,8]
  6. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147: 3. Aria: "Schäme dich, o Seele nicht"
  7. Cantata, BWV 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", Part 1: III. Aria (Alto): "Schäme dich, o Seele, nicht"
  8. Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147: 8. Recitativo: "Der höchsten Allmacht Wunderhand"
  9. Ottone, Dopo I'orrore
  10. Theodora, Act 1. Recit: Vouchsafe, Dread Sir, A Gracious Ear
  11. Susanna, Part 1: When Thou Art Nigh
  12. J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - 8. Recitativo: "Der höchsten Allmacht Wunderhand"
  13. J.S. Bach: Cantata, BWV 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" - Chor: "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"
  14. Cantata, BWV 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", Part 1: I. Chorus: "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
  15. J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - 1. Coro: "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
  16. J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - 6. Choral: "Wohl mir, dass ich Jesum habe"
  17. J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - 3. Aria: "Schäme dich, o Seele nicht"
  18. O Solitude
  19. Orlando, HWV 31: T'ubbidiro, crudele...Fammi combattere
  20. Susanna, Part 2: Frost Nips The Flowers
  21. Susanna, Part 2: Is Fair Susanna False?
  22. Cantata, BWV 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott": Duett: "Wie selig sind doch, die Gott im Munde tragen"
  23. Cantata, BWV 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", Part 1: VI. Chorale: "Wohl mir, dass ich Jesum habe"
  24. Theodora, Act 2. Duet: To Thee, Thou Glorious Son
  25. J.S. Bach: Cantata, BWV 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" - Choral: "Das Wort sie sollen lassen stahn"
  26. Theodora, Act 1. Recit: Most Cruel Edict
  27. Theodora, Act 1. Air: The Raptur'd Soul Defies The Sword
  28. Cantata a voce sopra la passacaglia
  29. Susanna, Part 1: Clouds O'ertake The Brightest Day
  30. "O Jordan, Jordan, sacred tide"
  31. J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147 - 10. Choral: "Jesus bleibet meine Freude"
  32. Theodora, Act 3. Air: Streams Of Pleasure Ever Flowing/Duet: Thither Let Our Hearts Aspire
  33. Theodora, Act 2. Recit: Forbid It, Heav'n
  34. J.S. Bach: Cantata, BWV 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" - Choral: "Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel wär"
  35. J.S. Bach: Cantata, BWV 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" - Duett: "Wie selig sind doch, die Gott im Munde tragen"
  36. J.S. Bach: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme Cantata, BWV 140 - Chor: "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
  37. Susanna, Part 1: When First I Saw My Lovely Maid
  38. Susanna, Part 1: The Parent Bird In Search Of Food
  39. Your Fair Looks
  40. Cantata, BWV 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", Part 2: VIII. Recitative (Alto): "Der höchsten Allmacht Wunderhand"
  41. Theodora, Act 1. Recit: Unhappy, Happy Crew
  42. Love Me Or Not
  43. Beauty, Since You So Much Desire
  44. Susanna, Part 2: On Fair Euphates' Verdant Side
  45. Thrice happy Lovers
  46. Susanna, Part 2: On The Rapid Whirlwind's Wing
  47. Susanna, Part 3: To My Chaste Susanna's Praise
  48. Theodora, Act 1. Air: Kind Heav'n
  49. Va Tacito E Nascosto (Giulio Cesare: I,9)
  50. Che Più Si Tarda Omai/Inumano Fratel/Stille Amare (Tolomeo: III,6)
  51. Theodora, Act 2. Air: Deeds Of Kindness To Display
  52. Matteo Da Perugia: Gloria In Excelsis
  53. Johannes Ciconia: Gloria In Excelsis
  54. If Musick be the food of Love
  55. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 3 : "O Jordan, Jordan, sacred tide"
  56. Lord, What Is Man
  57. Sleep, Adam, Sleep
  58. Susanna, Part 3: Gold Within The Furnace Try'd
  59. Never Weather-Beaten Sail
  60. Non È Si Vago E Bello (Giulio Cesare: I,7)
  61. T'ubbidirò, Crudele/Fammi Combattere (Orlando: I,9)
  62. Theodora, Act 3. Recit: Is It A Christian Virtue/ Be That My Doom
  63. Theodora, Act 2. Recit: Or Lull'd With Grief
  64. Theodora, Act 2. Recit: O Save Her Then
  65. Never Love Unless You Can
  66. O Never To Be Moved
  67. Vivi, Tiranno (Rodelinda: III,4)
  68. Theodora, Act 2. Air: Sweet Rose, & Lilly
  69. Theodora, Act 2. Recit: Long Have I Known
  70. Theodora, Act 3. Recit: And Must Such Beauty Suffer
  71. Theodora, Act 3. Recit: On Me Your Frowns
  72. Giustino, Act 1. Aria: È Virtute Insin La Frode
  73. Giustino, Act 2. Recit: Ma Quale Orrido Mostro
  74. Giustino, Act 2. Recit: Vieni, Barbaro
  75. Giustino, Act 3. Recit: Generoso Giustino
  76. "Sosarme", Act One: Recitative (Sosarme, Melo) (Handel)
  77. "Sosarme", Act Two: Recitative (Altomaro, Melo) (Handel)
  78. "Sosarme", Act One: Recitative (Altomaro, Melo) (Handel)
  79. Esther, HWV 50 / Scene 5 : "Jehovah, crown'd with glory bright"
  80. Now that the Sun hath Veil'd his Light (An Evening Hymn)
  81. Not all my Torments
  82. From silent Shades (Mad Bess)
  83. Faenza Codex: Aquila Altera
  84. The Fatal Hour comes on apace
  85. Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus - Donec Ponam
  86. Von ESCHENBACH - Excerpts from the Titurel fragments
  87. Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus - Tecum Principium
  88. Handel: Esther / Scene 3 - "O Jordan, Jordan, sacred tide"
  89. Be Welcome then, Great Sir
  90. Welcome to all the Pleasures: Here the Deities approve

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