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Countertenor Andreas Scholl's Arias for Senesino collects operatic arias of the early eighteenth century, written for the castrato Senesino, whose real name was Francesco Bernardi. This focus on the music associated with a single individual has several benefits: it places the listener in the position of an opera goer of Senesino's time, awaiting the next appearance of a performer who can justifiably be called a star, and it illuminates the ways composers tailored music to a particular singer. Composers represented include Handel, who recruited Senesino to sing at London's Royal Academy of Music; Handel's arias are the largest single group, and for Senesino he created lengthy, leisurely arias that allowed the castrato to put his much-chronicled dramatic skills to work. "Cara sposa," from Rinaldo (1711) is an eight-minute example. Arias by such composers as Albinoni, Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Lotti, and Nicola Porpora are also included. These are alto castrato arias, touching on such themes as melancholy, prayer, pastoral love, and fears of impending doom. The material is ideally suited to Scholl's voice, which is creamy, expressive, precisely on pitch, and altogether endearing. He fares less well on the disc's few loud, athletic arias of anger and revenge, but for anyone who enjoys the sound of a countertenor -- a male voice singing in traditionally female ranges -- this is a fine collection from one of the world's top practitioners of the art.
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Flavio, Re di Longobardi, HWV16 (Nicola Francesco Haym)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Chris Sayers, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Francesco Haym, Author - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Executive Producer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ottavio Dantone, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roberto Brenna, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
Rodelinda / Act 1 (Nicola Francesco Haym)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Chris Sayers, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Francesco Haym, Author - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Executive Producer - Antonio Salvi, Author, Original Text Author - Pierre Corneille, Author, Original Text Author - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ottavio Dantone, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roberto Brenna, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Chris Sayers, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Francesco Haym, Author - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Executive Producer - Antonio Salvi, Author, Original Text Author - Pierre Corneille, Author, Original Text Author - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ottavio Dantone, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roberto Brenna, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
Astarto - Critical Edition Dr. Alessandro Borin (Tomaso Albinoni)
Chris Sayers, Producer, Recording Producer - Tomaso Albinoni, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Executive Producer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Apostolo Zeno, Author - Ottavio Dantone, Conductor, MainArtist - Pietro Pariati, Author - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roberto Brenna, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doctor Alessandro Borin, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
Elgelberta - Critical Edition Dr. Alessandro Borin (Tomaso Albinoni)
Chris Sayers, Producer, Recording Producer - Tomaso Albinoni, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Executive Producer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Apostolo Zeno, Author - Ottavio Dantone, Conductor, MainArtist - Pietro Pariati, Author - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roberto Brenna, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doctor Alessandro Borin, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
Teofane - Critical Edition Dr. Alessandro Borin (Antonio Lotti)
Chris Sayers, Producer, Recording Producer - Antonio Lotti, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Executive Producer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ottavio Dantone, Conductor, MainArtist - Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Author - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roberto Brenna, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doctor Alessandro Borin, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
Carlo re Allemagna - Critical Edition Dr. Alessandro Borin (Alessandro Scarlatti)
Chris Sayers, Producer, Recording Producer - ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI, Composer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Executive Producer - Francesco Silvani, Author - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ottavio Dantone, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roberto Brenna, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doctor Alessandro Borin, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
Gli odi delusi dal Sangue - Critical Edition Dr. Alessandro Borin (Antonio Lotti)
Chris Sayers, Producer, Recording Producer - Antonio Lotti, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Executive Producer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ottavio Dantone, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roberto Brenna, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doctor Alessandro Borin, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
Giulio Cesare / Act 3 (Nicola Francesco Haym)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Chris Sayers, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Francesco Haym, Author - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Executive Producer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ottavio Dantone, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roberto Brenna, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Chris Sayers, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Francesco Haym, Author - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Executive Producer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ottavio Dantone, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roberto Brenna, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
Giulio Cesare / Act 2 (Nicola Francesco Haym)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Chris Sayers, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Francesco Haym, Author - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Executive Producer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ottavio Dantone, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roberto Brenna, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
Rinaldo / Act 1 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Chris Sayers, Producer, Recording Producer - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Executive Producer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giacomo Rossi, Author - Torquato Tasso, Author, Original Text Author - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ottavio Dantone, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Aaron Hill, Author, Original Text Author - Roberto Brenna, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
Il Trionfo di Camilla - Critical Ed. Dr. Alessandro Borin (Nicola Porpora)
Chris Sayers, Producer, Recording Producer - Nicola Porpora, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Cornall, Producer, Executive Producer - Andreas Scholl, Counter-Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Accademia Bizantina, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ottavio Dantone, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roberto Brenna, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Doctor Alessandro Borin, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
Countertenor Andreas Scholl's Arias for Senesino collects operatic arias of the early eighteenth century, written for the castrato Senesino, whose real name was Francesco Bernardi. This focus on the music associated with a single individual has several benefits: it places the listener in the position of an opera goer of Senesino's time, awaiting the next appearance of a performer who can justifiably be called a star, and it illuminates the ways composers tailored music to a particular singer. Composers represented include Handel, who recruited Senesino to sing at London's Royal Academy of Music; Handel's arias are the largest single group, and for Senesino he created lengthy, leisurely arias that allowed the castrato to put his much-chronicled dramatic skills to work. "Cara sposa," from Rinaldo (1711) is an eight-minute example. Arias by such composers as Albinoni, Alessandro Scarlatti, Antonio Lotti, and Nicola Porpora are also included. These are alto castrato arias, touching on such themes as melancholy, prayer, pastoral love, and fears of impending doom. The material is ideally suited to Scholl's voice, which is creamy, expressive, precisely on pitch, and altogether endearing. He fares less well on the disc's few loud, athletic arias of anger and revenge, but for anyone who enjoys the sound of a countertenor -- a male voice singing in traditionally female ranges -- this is a fine collection from one of the world's top practitioners of the art.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:47
- Main artists: Andreas Scholl Accademia Bizantina Ottavio Dantone
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2005 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2005 Decca Music Group Limited
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