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Background: In this double album, the greatest vocal artists of the present day offer their own vision of the singing of their legendary predecessor. Both male and female singers now undertake the task of bringing back to life the wondrous voices of their androgynous forebears, in music that is by turns unsettling, deeply moving and of a dizzying virtuosity.

The extraordinary adulation accorded to castrati during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is still today one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of music. During this golden age of the castrato, these male singers endowed with high voices that combined incredible refinement, amazing power and superhuman virtuosity took the musical world by storm. The whole of Europe was overcome by infatuation for these vocal prodigies. In the absence of the castrati themselves, the singers of today face the formidable challenge of reviving their repertoire. Both male and female singers now undertake the task of bringing back to life the wondrous voices of their androgynous forebears, in music that is by turns unsettling, deeply moving and of a dizzying virtuosity. In this double album, the greatest vocal artists of the present day offer their own vision of the singing of their legendary predecessors.

CATALOGUE NR: 6487912
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.49
RELEASE DATE: 04-Oct-2010

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: The World of Castrati - Angel Voices
TRACKS: CD1 Feminine Castrato arias performed by female singers : Natalie Dessay / Kate Royal / Sonia Prina / Stephanie Blythe / Vivica Genaux / Elina Garanca / Patrizia Ciofi / Joyce DiDonato / Della Jones / Anne Sofie von Otter / Veronique Gens - Le Concert d'Astree - La Musica : Prologue - 'Hor mentre i canti alterno'. Sonia Prina - Maddalena Cleofe : Prima parte - Duetto: Dolci chiodi amate spine. Kate Royal - Maddalena : Prima parte - Aria: Ho un non so che nel cor. Stephanie Blythe - Giulio Cesare HWV17 : Prima parte - Recitativo ed aria: Dall' ondoso periglio ... Aure deh per pieta. Sergio Foresti - Pietro : La Passione di Gesu Cristo Signor Nostro - Aria: Giacché mi tremi in seno. Vivica Genaux - La fida ninfa - Destin nemico....Destin avaro. Elina Garanca - Irene : Aira: Sposa son disprezzata. Elina Garanca - Andronico : Aria: Spesso tra vaghe rose. Elina Garanca - Idaspe : Aria: Anch' il mar par che sommerga. Les Talens Lyriques - Ariodante: Act II scene 3 - Scherza Infinda. John Heley - Ruggiero : Aria: Mi lusinga il dolce affetto. Les Talens Lyriques - Serse : Act III scene 11 - Crude furie. Giovanni Furlanetto - Serse: Atto primo Scena 1 - Accompagnato: Frondi tenere - Arioso: Ombra mai fu. Ivor Bolton - La Clemenza di Tito K621 - Aria - Rondo: Deh per questo istante solo. CD2 Masculine Castrato arias performed by male singers: Philippe Jaroussky / James Bowman / Rene Jacobs / Max Emanuel Cencic / Gerard Lesne / David Daniels - Jean-Christophe Spinosi - Anastasio : Giustino: Vedro con mio diletto. Max van Egmond - Scene 9: Trasimede / Meraspe / Antigona - Aria: Se l'arco avessi e i strali. 'Il Complesso Barocco - Admeto re di Tessaglia : Scene 9: Trasimede / Meraspe / Antigona - Quivi tra questi solitarii orrori / Ah si morro. Neal Banerjee - Scena XIII - Aria: In mille dolci modi. Philippe Jaroussky - Scena XIII - La clemenza di Tito: Se mai senti - Sextus. Diego Fasolis - Scena XIII - Faramondo - Atto terzo - Scena 4 - Recitativo: Ritorna pur, ritorna - Scena 5 - Aria: Voglio che sia l'indegno. Il Seminario Musicale - Scena XIII - Serse - Acte I - Recit : Frondi Tenere E Belle - Aria : Ombra Mai Fu. Harry Bicket - Orfeo ed Euridice : Scena XIII - Aria: Che faro senza Euridice?. Harry Bicket - Mitridate re di Ponto - Scena XIII - Aria: Venga pur. Le Cercle De L'Harmonie - Scena XIII - Ebben si vada....lo ti lascio - Rondo: lo ti lascio. Michael Hofstetter - Aureliano in Palmira - Atto II - Perche mai le luci apprimo Arsace. Bonus DVD - mini-documentary 'Behind the scenes' - footage from the recording sessions of previous and new releases performed here by Natalie Dessay / Joyce DiDonato / Philippe Jaroussky / Max Emanuel Cencic / Patrizia Ciofi / Vivica Genaux - La Musica : Orfeo - Prologo: Hor mentre l canti alterno. Serse HWV40: Crude furie degl'orridi abissi. Parnasso in festa: Lunga serie d'alti eroi. Adriano in Siria - Aria: Cara la dolce fiamma. Idaspe : Aria: Anch' il mar par che sommerga. Irene : Aria: Qual guerriero in campo armato. A fascinating Booklet-Note… In the footsteps of Castrati….

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC / Sound Format: Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: mini-documentary 'Behind the scenes' 33 minutes

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