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This release by Mexican tenor Javier Camarena has gained a good deal of general notice by virtue of being the inaugural release in a new Mentored by Bartoli series, wherein the divine Cecilia Bartoli nurtures and duets with younger singers. Bartoli's contribution here, in an aria from Rossini's Armida, is effortlessly attractive. But the album would be worthwhile even if Bartoli were nowhere in sight. Camarena examines the repertory of the Spanish tenor Manuel García, who originated the role of Count Almaviva in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia. García was a fascinating figure who fathered both Pauline Viardot and María Malibran, as well as a son who invented the laryngoscope and lived to be 101. The elder García, in addition to starring in Rossini's operas, mastered his idiom to a startling degree. He wrote several dozen operas, in Italian, Spanish, and French, and from the evidence here, his music is well worth a broader revival. The album's title comes from the swashbuckling "Yo que soy contrabandista," from the monologue opera El poet calculista (1805). Many of his works are slightly later, contemporaneous with Rossini's, and they stand up to the juxtaposition they receive in this program. Sample "Vous dont l'image toujours chère" from the 1821 opera La morte du Tasse to hear the music García wrote for himself that was perhaps some of the first opera heard by American audiences; it has lost none of its kick. Although the music is all cut from the same cloth, Camarena mixes up recitatives and aria types to a point where things never become monotonous, and indeed, he leaves you wanting more. He gets fine support from Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco under Gianluca Capuano, and overall this is a superior operatic recital that yields to none in terms of showcasing the star's vocal talents while also breaking new ground.
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El Gitano por Amor (Manuel Garcia)
Anon, Author - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Javier Camarena, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manuel Garcia, Composer - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2018 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
El poeta calculista (Manuel Garcia)
Arend Prohmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Javier Camarena, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manuel Garcia, ComposerLyricist - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2018 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
La Cenerentola / Act 2 (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Charles Perrault, Author, Original Text Author - Javier Camarena, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jacopo G. Ferretti, Author - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2018 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
La mort du Tasse / Act 3 (Manuel Garcia)
Arend Prohmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Javier Camarena, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manuel Garcia, Composer - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean Guillaume Antoine Cuvelier de Trie, Author - Joseph Hélitas de Meun, Author - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2018 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
Giulietta e Romeo / Act 1 (Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli)
Arend Prohmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Javier Camarena, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giuseppe Foppa, Author - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Composer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2018 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
Armida / Act 1 (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giovanni Federico Schmidt, Author - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Javier Camarena, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles S. Brauner, Contributor, Work Editor - Patricia Brauner, Contributor, Work Editor - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2018 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
Florestan / Act 2 (Manuel Garcia)
Arend Prohmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Javier Camarena, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manuel Garcia, Composer - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Étienne-Joseph-Bernard Delrieu, Author - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2018 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
Il barbiere di Siviglia - Ed. Brauner / Act 2 (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Cesare Sterbini, Author - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Javier Camarena, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Giuseppe Petrosellini, Author, Original Text Author - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patricia Brauner, Contributor, Work Editor - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2018 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
El poeta calculista (Manuel Garcia)
Arend Prohmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Javier Camarena, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manuel Garcia, ComposerLyricist - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2018 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
Ricciardo e Zoraide - Ed. Agostinelli & Gravagna / Act 1 (Gioachino Rossini)
Gioachino Rossini, Composer - Arend Prohmann, Producer, Recording Producer - Javier Camarena, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Marchese Francesco Berio Di Salsa, Author - Federico Agostinelli, Contributor, Work Editor - Gabriele Gravagna, Contributor, Work Editor - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2018 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
Album review
This release by Mexican tenor Javier Camarena has gained a good deal of general notice by virtue of being the inaugural release in a new Mentored by Bartoli series, wherein the divine Cecilia Bartoli nurtures and duets with younger singers. Bartoli's contribution here, in an aria from Rossini's Armida, is effortlessly attractive. But the album would be worthwhile even if Bartoli were nowhere in sight. Camarena examines the repertory of the Spanish tenor Manuel García, who originated the role of Count Almaviva in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia. García was a fascinating figure who fathered both Pauline Viardot and María Malibran, as well as a son who invented the laryngoscope and lived to be 101. The elder García, in addition to starring in Rossini's operas, mastered his idiom to a startling degree. He wrote several dozen operas, in Italian, Spanish, and French, and from the evidence here, his music is well worth a broader revival. The album's title comes from the swashbuckling "Yo que soy contrabandista," from the monologue opera El poet calculista (1805). Many of his works are slightly later, contemporaneous with Rossini's, and they stand up to the juxtaposition they receive in this program. Sample "Vous dont l'image toujours chère" from the 1821 opera La morte du Tasse to hear the music García wrote for himself that was perhaps some of the first opera heard by American audiences; it has lost none of its kick. Although the music is all cut from the same cloth, Camarena mixes up recitatives and aria types to a point where things never become monotonous, and indeed, he leaves you wanting more. He gets fine support from Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco under Gianluca Capuano, and overall this is a superior operatic recital that yields to none in terms of showcasing the star's vocal talents while also breaking new ground.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:06
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Javier Camarena Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco Gianluca Capuano
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2018 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2018 Cecilia Bartoli Music Foundation
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