Michael Maniaci, Martin Pearlman, Boston Baroque - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano (2010)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 267 Mb | Total time: 61:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Telarc | # TEL-31827-02 | Recorded: 2009
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 267 Mb | Total time: 61:01 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Telarc | # TEL-31827-02 | Recorded: 2009
Boston Baroque, conducted by founding music director Martin Pearlman release an all-Mozart release Mozart: Arias for Male Soprano. For the project, which marks their 20th release on Telarc, the ensemble has united with the fascinating American vocal artist Michael Maniaci, a true male soprano, in their first recording together and his first solo recording with orchestra. This recording of "firsts" is also the premier recording of Mozart's arias for the castrato voice that gives audiences the opportunity to hear it as Mozart heard it: sung by an artist not only with soprano range, haunting vocal color, and brilliant coloratura, but also with male vocal power. The disc contains arias from Idomeneo, Lucio Silla, and La Clemenza di Tito, as well as the beloved motet Exsultate, jubilate. The recording is rounded out with two brilliant orchestral numbers, the overtures to Idomeneo and Clemenza.
The first permanent Baroque orchestra established in North America, Boston Baroque is widely regarded as "one of the world's premier period-instrument bands" (Fanfare). The ensemble's performances and recordings of the Baroque and Classical repertoire have been hailed by audiences and critics in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia for their freshness, virtuosity, and exuberant appeal. Although Maniaci's voice is natural, his stunning performances give Boston Baroque the opportunity to add yet another "original" instrument - the male soprano voice - to their critically-acclaimed performing forces.
Michael Maniaci has been lauded for "his natural male soprano that is probably the closest thing on earth to the sound of the castrati of long ago; and he uses it with a finesse that's rare among singers so young" (Toronto Globe and Mail). A voice type that was enormously popular in opera and religious music in the 17th century but completely disappeared over a century ago, the male castrato's true chest voice - unlike falsetto singers - was in the soprano or alto range, yet extremely powerful due to the male lung capacity. Up until now, all we have really known of this voice are the verbal descriptions of contemporary listeners and a single, scratchy recording made late in the life of the last castrato performer.
Maniaci's voice gives us our first glimpse of the power and unique timbre of this voice in his hauntingly beautiful performances, and his extraordinarily agile coloratura and ornamentation. His vocal prowess is never more evident on this recording than in Mozart's popular and virtuosic "Exsultate, jubilate," a solo motet originally written for the castrato Venanzio Rauzzini in 1773 that most music lovers today have heard many times–but always as sung by a female. It is a fascinating treat to hear it sung by a male soprano.
Performer:
Michael Maniaci, male soprano
Boston Baroque
Martin Pearlman, conductor
Tracklist:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Idomeneo, K.366
01. Overture
02. Recitativo & Aria: Ah qual gelido orror… Il padre adorato (Idamante)
Lucio Silla, K.135
03. Recitativo & Aria: Dunque sperar poss'io… Il tenero (Cecilio)
04. Aria: Ah se a morir mi chiama (Cecilio)
La Clemenza di Tito, K.621
05. Overture
06. Aria: Deh per questo istante solo (Sesto)
07. Aria: Parto, ma tu ben mio (Sesto)
Exsultate, Jubilate, K.165
08. Aria [Allegro]: Exsultate, jubilate
09. Recitativo: Fulget amica dies
10. Aria [Andante]: Tu virginum corona
11. Aria [Allegro]: Alleluja
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