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She had to dare. Cecilia Bartoli appears on this album cover nude, androgynous, in a full beard and with hair down to her shoulders, delving deeper into the legend surrounding Farinelli, already explored with questionable sensationalism in the world of cinema and replaced with more correct historical precision in Patrick Barbier's brilliant book dedicated to the famous Neapolitan castrato.
The now-lost voice of castratos made eager crowds go wild at the time, the singers carrying a certain mythical aura around them, attributed to the confusion of their gender, bathed in an ambiguous eroticism. These music lovers have not however disappeared: they're the ones rushing to hear the Italian singer's vocal prowess both in concert and on disc.
For this opus dedicated to Farinelli, Cecilia Bartoli has chosen well-known melodies from the repertoire of the famous singer, varying her vocal fireworks she is so renowned for with some more dramatic, introspective tunes. Cecilia Bartoli conjures up Porpora, Hasse, Giacomelli, Caldara and Riccardo Broschi, Farinelli's own brother in a thrilling spectacle which aims, if not to uncover a hypothetical voice of the past, to replicate the chills it could produce thanks to her passion and dedication to the art. © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Polifemo (Nicola Porpora)
JAMES SANDERSON, Contributor, Work Editor - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor, MainArtist - Arend Prohmann, Producer - Paolo Antonio Rolli, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
La festa d'Imeneo (Nicola Porpora)
JAMES SANDERSON, Contributor, Work Editor - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor, MainArtist - Arend Prohmann, Producer - Paolo Antonio Rolli, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra (Johann Adolf Hasse)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor, MainArtist - Arend Prohmann, Producer - Francesco Ricciardi, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Reinhard Wiesend, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Polifemo (Nicola Porpora)
JAMES SANDERSON, Contributor, Work Editor - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor, MainArtist - Arend Prohmann, Producer - Paolo Antonio Rolli, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pier Luigi Fabretti, Oboe, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Merope (Riccardo Broschi)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor, MainArtist - Riccardo Broschi, Composer - Arend Prohmann, Producer - Apostolo Zeno, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Semiramide regina dell'Assiria (Nicola Porpora)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor, MainArtist - Arend Prohmann, Producer - Apostolo Zeno, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Adriano In Siria (Geminiano Giacomelli)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor, MainArtist - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Arend Prohmann, Producer - Geminiano Giacomelli, Composer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Merope (Riccardo Broschi)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor, MainArtist - Riccardo Broschi, Composer - Arend Prohmann, Producer - Apostolo Zeno, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
La Morte d'Abel (Antonio Caldara)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Antonio Caldara, Composer - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor, MainArtist - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Arend Prohmann, Producer - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra (Johann Adolf Hasse)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra, MainArtist - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor, MainArtist - Arend Prohmann, Producer - Francesco Ricciardi, Author - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Reinhard Wiesend, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Polifemo (Nicola Porpora)
JAMES SANDERSON, Contributor, Work Editor - Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicola Porpora, Composer - Arend Prohmann, Producer - Paolo Antonio Rolli, Author - Gianluca Capuano, Conductor, MainArtist - Philip Siney, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
Album review
She had to dare. Cecilia Bartoli appears on this album cover nude, androgynous, in a full beard and with hair down to her shoulders, delving deeper into the legend surrounding Farinelli, already explored with questionable sensationalism in the world of cinema and replaced with more correct historical precision in Patrick Barbier's brilliant book dedicated to the famous Neapolitan castrato.
The now-lost voice of castratos made eager crowds go wild at the time, the singers carrying a certain mythical aura around them, attributed to the confusion of their gender, bathed in an ambiguous eroticism. These music lovers have not however disappeared: they're the ones rushing to hear the Italian singer's vocal prowess both in concert and on disc.
For this opus dedicated to Farinelli, Cecilia Bartoli has chosen well-known melodies from the repertoire of the famous singer, varying her vocal fireworks she is so renowned for with some more dramatic, introspective tunes. Cecilia Bartoli conjures up Porpora, Hasse, Giacomelli, Caldara and Riccardo Broschi, Farinelli's own brother in a thrilling spectacle which aims, if not to uncover a hypothetical voice of the past, to replicate the chills it could produce thanks to her passion and dedication to the art. © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:21
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Cecilia Bartoli Il Giardino Armonico Giovanni Antonini
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
© 2019 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2019 Decca Music Group Limited
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