Porpora: Farinelli Arias
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NICOLA PORPORA
Porpora: Farinelli Arias
Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, with Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo)
[ Erato / Warner Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 26 August 2014
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"Jaroussky's rapid passagework in quick heroic arias is precise...but the outstanding moments are slow arias that could have been tailor-made for Jaroussky's sweetly graceful melodic singing...Marcon and the Venice Baroque Orchestra produce admirable sentimental finesse or gutsy brilliance as required." Gramophone Awards 2014 Shortlisted - Recital
"Does Jaroussky's sweet soprano capture the elemental intensity of a real castrato? We will never quite know, but seven world premiere aria recordings here expand our understanding of Porpora's skill" The Observer
"I'd be surprised if Farinelli's voice was any more astonishing than the countertenor Philippe Jaroussky...The Venice Baroque Orchestra supplies zesty backing" The Times
Tracks:
Arianna e Teseo: Mira in cielo
Semiramide riconosciuta: Se pietoso il tuo labbro
Semiramide regina dell'Assiria: Come nave in ria tempesta
Polifemo: Placidetti zefiretti / Alto Giove
Mitridate: La gioia ch'io sento
Ifigenia in Aulide: Le limpid'onde
Polifemo: Nell'attendere il mio bene
Ifigenia in Aulide: Nel già bramoso petto
Orfeo: Dall'amor più sventurato / Sente del mio martir
