The World of the Castrati - The Voice of Angels

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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.

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1. L'Orfeo: Excerpt(s) by Claudio Monteverdi
Performer:  Natalie Dessay (Soprano)

2. La resurrezione, HWV 47: Excerpt(s) by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Sonia Prina (Alto), Kate Royal (Soprano)

3. La Passione di Gesù Cristo: Excerpt(s) by Antonio Caldara
Performer:  Laura Polverelli (Mezzo Soprano)

5. Bajazet, RV 703 "Tamerlano": Excerpt(s) by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Elina Garanca (Mezzo), Vivica Genaux (Mezzo), Patrizia Ciofi (Soprano)

6. Ariodante, HWV 33: Excerpt(s) by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo Soprano)

7. Alcina, HWV 34: Excerpt(s) by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Della Jones (Mezzo Soprano)

8. Serse, HWV 40: Excerpt(s) by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Joyce DiDonato (Mezzo), Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo)

9. La clemenza di Tito, K 621: Excerpt(s) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Véronique Gens (Soprano)

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10. Giustino, RV 717: Excerpt(s) by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor)

11. Admeto, Rè di Tessaglia, HWV 22: Excerpt(s) by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  René Jacobs (Countertenor), James Bowman (Countertenor)

12. Fernando, Rè di Castiglia: Excerpt(s) by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Lawrence Zazzo (Countertenor)

13. La clemenza di Tito: Excerpt(s) by Johann Adolf Hasse
Performer:  Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor)

14. Faramondo, HWV 39: Excerpt(s) by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Max Emanuel Cencic (Countertenor)

15. Serse, HWV 40: Excerpt(s) by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Gérard Lesne (Countertenor)

16. Orfeo ed Euridice: Excerpt(s) by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:  David Daniels (Countertenor)

17. Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K 87 (74a): Excerpt(s) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  David Daniels (Countertenor)

18. Ebben si vada...Io ti lascio by Johann Christian Bach
Performer:  Philippe Jaroussky (Countertenor)

19. Aureliano in Palmira: Excerpt(s) by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Max Emanuel Cencic (Countertenor)