Philippe Jaroussky - Carestini (The Story of a Castrato)
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Composer: George Frideric HandelComposer: Nicolo Porpora
Composer: Johann Adolf Hasse
Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Composer: Leonardo Leo
Composer: Carl Heinrich Graun
Composer: Giovanni Battista Alveri
Conductor: Emmanuelle Haim
Orchestra: Le Concert d'Astree
Performer: Philippe Jaroussky
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-11-20
Music Label: Virgin Classics
Soundtracks:
- Porpora: Siface: Aria - Tu che d'ardir m'accendi
- Capelli: I fratelli riconosciuti: Aria - Ciel nemico, avverse stelle
- Handel: Arianna in Creta: Aria - Qui ti sfido, o mostro infame!
- Handel: Ariodante: Recitativo - E vivo ancora? - Aria - Scherza, infida
- Handel: Alcina: Aria - Sta nell'Ircana
- Handel: Alcina: Recitativo - Chi scopre al mio pensiero - Aria - Mi lusinga il dolce affetto
- Leo: Farnace: Aria - Se mi dai morte
- Hasse: La clemenza di Tito: Aria - Se mai senti
- Hasse: La clemenza di Tito: Aria - Vo disperato a morte
- Gluck: Demofoonte: Aria - Sperai vicino il lido
- Graun: Orfeo: Recitativo - Ecco all'aure superne - Aria - Mio bel nume, ah! dove sei?
- Graun: Orfeo: Aria - In mirar la mia sventura
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Free Music Review: Encounters with beautiful sounds begins with this counter-tenor!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the recent happenings in a Chinese website - Handel's "Lascia Ch'io Pianga" from Rinaldo as 'amalgamated' in the soundtrack for the film 'Farinella Il Castrato' as highlighted in a discussion of the best voice and singing. Apart from the soundtrack, performances by Brightman (Sarah), Sissel, Izzy (Isobel Cooper), Gheorghiu (Angela), Scotto (Renata) and Bartoli (Cecilia) plus Hayley Westerner and Charlotte Church were being compared, but none carried the day until Philippe Jaroussky appeared with the aria - when unamimous approval was granted to this 'super belcanto' exponent's performance as being the BEST of the best.
The present disc carried 4 arias from Handel's two operas Alcina and Ariodante, and really, in my view, represent the best of Jaroussky's artistry, though the rest of the ablum are nonetheless superlative performances.
It seems that Jaroussky's voice has a striking power of affectation that carries Handel's music to the greatest effect, and in my view again, much better than Vivaldi's.
The timbre is very sweet and very full, and the singer is fully capable of employing it in a manner that dwells beyond what is purely superficial.
Of course, one should not, at this stage, be tempted to conclude that young Jaroussky has the striking emotional depth of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson in Handel. But even so, the voice carries sufficient degree of musicality to convey the composer's meanings and nuances to a high degree of fidelity.
By no means miss this outstanding album from one of today's brightest classical vocal talents.
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