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It has been a long three years since Cecilia Bartoli's previous release, Maria, brought nineteenth century coloratura Maria Malibran into the public consciousness. Decca's Sacrificium -- which reunites Bartoli with expert period band Il Giardino Armonico for the first time since 1999's The Vivaldi Album -- certainly makes clear that it was well worth the wait. In keeping with her long series of themed collections of opera arias, in this release Bartoli explores literature associated with the long lost vocal range of the castrati, male singers who were surgically altered in puberty in order to retain the high end of their voices into adulthood. The outlawing of castrati in Italy in 1870 brought this vicious practice to an end, but it also condemned two centuries' worth of operatic and sacred music to obscurity owing to the unsuitability of ordinary voices to sing in this special range; since then, a number of male countertenors have come to grips with it, with varying degrees of success, and an increasing number of females -- usually altos -- have been adopting castrato literature, as well. Bartoli -- a mezzo-soprano -- has got an amazing top end, well demonstrated in the earlier Maria release, but here she exhibits the bottom of her range to stunning effect; at one point when she dips down low in Francesco Araia's aria "Cadrò, ma qual si mira," Bartoli sounds like a man. While there are plenty of male singers who can approximate female voice, for it to go the other way around is indeed rare.
Also rare are the 12 selections on the main disc, every one of them a premiere recording of some kind. Bartoli has long established herself as an advocate for neglected or little known literature, and there is such a wealth of unused castrato literature that coming by such material probably wasn't difficult, but it also seems the album's producers were quite careful in finding examples that were representative of the theme, musically challenging for Bartoli and of generally excellent quality; even Il Giardino Armonico gets a great workout in "Nobil onda," an aria from Nicola Porpora's 1723 opera Adelaide. It is Porpora who emerges from this material as the champion composer for castrati, which is gratifying; an increasing number of Porpora releases in the times leading up to Sacrificium makes clear that he was one of the greats among Western composers and it's nice to see a major label like Decca pay some homage to him. However, Sacrificium's compilers have not lost sight of the unique talents of the star performer; no one would accuse Porpora's "Usignolo sventurato" from the opera Siface as being a great aria, with its limited range and texture. However, Bartoli's sensuous delivery and bold characterization of the piece makes something very special out of it, a major highlight of the program.
Bartoli's voice is of a quality that cuts through the veils of history and delivers this obscure music with absolute perfection; Decca's Sacrificium should easily please all comers.
© TiVo
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Siface (Nicola Porpora)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
Sedecia (アントニオ・カルダーラ)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
Berenice (アントニオ・サルヴィ)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
Germanico in Germania (Nicola Porpora)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
Siface (Nicola Porpora)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
Demofoonte (カール・ハインリヒ・グラウン)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
Semiramide (Nicola Porpora)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
Zenobia In Palmira (レオナルド・レーオ)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
Adelaide (Nicola Porpora)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
Adriano In Siria (カール・ハインリヒ・グラウン)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
Farnace (レオナルド・ヴィンチ)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
オラトリオ《我らの贖い主たる姿を見せるアベルの死》 (アントニオ・カルダーラ)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
Disc 2
Artaserse (Riccardo Broschi)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
Serse, HWV 40 / Act 1 (ヘンデル)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
歌劇《メロペ》(アポストロ・ヅェーノとドメニコ・ラッリ詞)第三幕から (Geminiano Giacomelli)
Cecilia Bartoli, Mezzo-Soprano - Il Giardino Armonico, Orchestra - Giovanni Antonini, Conductor - - -
℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
アルバム·レビュー
It has been a long three years since Cecilia Bartoli's previous release, Maria, brought nineteenth century coloratura Maria Malibran into the public consciousness. Decca's Sacrificium -- which reunites Bartoli with expert period band Il Giardino Armonico for the first time since 1999's The Vivaldi Album -- certainly makes clear that it was well worth the wait. In keeping with her long series of themed collections of opera arias, in this release Bartoli explores literature associated with the long lost vocal range of the castrati, male singers who were surgically altered in puberty in order to retain the high end of their voices into adulthood. The outlawing of castrati in Italy in 1870 brought this vicious practice to an end, but it also condemned two centuries' worth of operatic and sacred music to obscurity owing to the unsuitability of ordinary voices to sing in this special range; since then, a number of male countertenors have come to grips with it, with varying degrees of success, and an increasing number of females -- usually altos -- have been adopting castrato literature, as well. Bartoli -- a mezzo-soprano -- has got an amazing top end, well demonstrated in the earlier Maria release, but here she exhibits the bottom of her range to stunning effect; at one point when she dips down low in Francesco Araia's aria "Cadrò, ma qual si mira," Bartoli sounds like a man. While there are plenty of male singers who can approximate female voice, for it to go the other way around is indeed rare.
Also rare are the 12 selections on the main disc, every one of them a premiere recording of some kind. Bartoli has long established herself as an advocate for neglected or little known literature, and there is such a wealth of unused castrato literature that coming by such material probably wasn't difficult, but it also seems the album's producers were quite careful in finding examples that were representative of the theme, musically challenging for Bartoli and of generally excellent quality; even Il Giardino Armonico gets a great workout in "Nobil onda," an aria from Nicola Porpora's 1723 opera Adelaide. It is Porpora who emerges from this material as the champion composer for castrati, which is gratifying; an increasing number of Porpora releases in the times leading up to Sacrificium makes clear that he was one of the greats among Western composers and it's nice to see a major label like Decca pay some homage to him. However, Sacrificium's compilers have not lost sight of the unique talents of the star performer; no one would accuse Porpora's "Usignolo sventurato" from the opera Siface as being a great aria, with its limited range and texture. However, Bartoli's sensuous delivery and bold characterization of the piece makes something very special out of it, a major highlight of the program.
Bartoli's voice is of a quality that cuts through the veils of history and delivers this obscure music with absolute perfection; Decca's Sacrificium should easily please all comers.
© TiVo
アルバムについて
- 組み枚数 : 2ディスク - 収録数 : 15曲
- 合計収録時間 : 01:39:02
- 1 デジタルブックレット
- メインアーティスト : チェチーリア・バルトリ イル・ジャルディーノ・アルモニコ ジョヴァンニ・アントニーニ
- 作曲家 : Various Composers
- レーベル : Decca Music Group Ltd.
- ジャンル: クラシック 歌曲(世俗音楽と宗教音楽)
© 2009 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited
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