Arias for Benucci: Arias written for the buffo bass-baritone Francesco Benucci, Mozart's first Figaro
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Arias for Benucci: Arias written for the buffo bass-baritone Francesco Benucci, Mozart's first Figaro
Matthew Rose (bass) / Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 5 November 2015
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Matthew Rose, Arcangelo and Jonathan Cohen throw themselves into the riotous world of Francesco Benucci, the larger-than-life opera star for whom Mozart created the role of Figaro.
"Matthew Rose's protean instrument may lack the full-bodied glamour of, say, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo's, and his Italian, albeit extremely proficient, sports a noticeable English accent. Happily, his artistry, informed alike by musical and dramatic flair, is every bit the programme's equal, and the playing by Arcangelo is unfailingly fresh, lively and stylish." (BBC Music Dec 2015)
"Like Benucci, Rose is deft and nimble in patter while retaining a true centre to his tone, as in a brace of arias from Soler's sensationally successful Una cosa rara. His Italian words are always clear and well pointed." (Gramophone)
"Although Rose is described as a baritone on the cover, he is more of a high bass, ideal for Benucci's roles, which included serio parts as well as buffo ones...If his Italian is not always idiomatic, his words are clear and his singing is full of character, while Cohen's period band shines in the overtures to Paisiello's Il re Teodoro in Venezia and Mozart's Don Giovanni and Figaro." (SundayTimes)
Tracks:
Mozart:
Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo (from Così fan tutte)
Donne mie la fate a tanti (from Così fan tutte)
Don Giovanni, K527: Overture
Madamina, il catalogo è questo (from Don Giovanni)
Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture
Bravo, signor padrone…Se vuol ballare (from Le nozze di Figaro)
Tutto e disposto...Aprite un po' quegl'occhi (from Le Nozze di Figaro)
Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso (from Le Nozze di Figaro)
Il core vi dono (from Così fan tutte) with Katherine Watson (soprano)
Restati qua!...Per queste tue manine (from Don Giovanni) with Anna Devin (soprano)
Paisiello:
Il re Teodoro Overture
Salieri:
Spirti invisibili (from La grotta di Trofonio)
Idol vano d'un popol codardo (from Axur, re d'Ormus)
Sarti:
Oime! che innanzi agli occhi...Penso, che per morire (from I contrattempi)
Soler, V M:
Ah mal aya, a quella mano! (from Una cosa rara)
In quegli anni (from Una cosa rara)
