Philippe Jaroussky - Carestini (The Story of a Castrato)
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Music CD Cover Composer: George Frideric Handel Composer: 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:
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Free Music Notes for Philippe Jaroussky - Carestini (The Story of a Castrato) Album
Free Music Review: The Story of Perfection
Hit: 5 Stars
For me, this is, hands down, best classical album of 2007. Not just because Jaroussky's voice has achieved a sort of perfection, doing whatever it is asked of it without any hint of effort and with great innate artistry; he has wonderful, very natural coloratura, incredible dynamic control, beautiful tone and sweet high notes that put other countertenors, Scholl included, and even many haute-contre tenors to shame. In the second track, Ciel Nemico, he does a sequence of interval leaps that sound out of this world; and that is just the second track! Right afterwards, he sings the living daylights out of Scherza Infida, which has been sung by many great singers before him, notably Lorraine Hunt, and yet he puts his stamp on it - and how. That is not to say that the prevailing tone on this album is high drama, quite the opposite. The material is mostly wonderful Baroque fluff, created for the great castrato Carestini, and of course it is chockful of showy vocal tricks and juicy ornamentations. Hearing it made me grin like mad right from the start, and it gets better and better upon repeats.
I need to mention few other things: the orchestra conducted with great gusto by Emmanuel Haim, the marvelous recorded sound, and really good CD booklet with liner notes on Carestini, great illustrations, and access to Open Disc content: a video of the recording sessions, and Jaroussky's musings on the life and art of Carestini. I love the cover, too; it's about time a countertenor had embraced the castrato showmanship. This album is, shall a say, le package total: great thematic concept, great music, played and sung to perfection, and with a sense of urgency, energy and plain fun.