Franco Fagioli, Il Pomo d'Oro, Riccardo Minasi - Arias for Caffarelli (2013) [Hi-Res]

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01. Siroe: Fra l'orror della tempesta
02. Siroe: Ebbi da te la vita
03. Semiramide riconosciuta In braccio a mille furie
04. Demofoonte: Misero pargoletto
05. Semiramide riconosciuta: Passaggier che sulla sponda
06. Adriano in Siria: Lieto così talvolta
07. Demofoonte: Sperai vicino il lido
08. L'Ipermestra: Rendimi più sereno
09. Valdemaro: Un cor che ben ama
10. Lucio Vero ossia il vologeso: Cara ti lascio, addio
11. Lucio Papiro dittatore: Odo il suono di tromba guerriera

Thanks to his outstanding virtuosity and heart-rending expressivity, countertenor Franco Fagioli has turned to be one of the most exciting vocal artists of recent times. Frequent partner of Cecilia Bartoli, specialist in Handel and Monteverdi, he is now firmly established on the European Baroque scene.

'Arias for Caffarelli' is Fagoli’s debut album on Naïve and this release follows his recent triumph in the renowned Vinci 'Artaserse', also featuring Philippe Jaroussky and Max Emmanuel Cencic: “Franco Fagioli, in pure, resonant voice, gives an outstanding performance as Arbace.” The New York Times “Franco Fagioli, as Arbace, shows the largest vocal range from tenoral depth up to soprano.” Die Welt Castrato Caffarelli was probably the best rival of Farinelli in the 18th century in Italy (mainly in Napoli and Rome).

Caffarelli was renowned for both his extravagance and his extraordinary vocal skills. Recorded here for the first time, those extremely virtuoso arias by the most famous Neapolitan composers of that time were waiting to find a voice able to give them a new life. The full-colour 76-page booklet includes essays and pictures about eighteenth-century musical life in Naples, Caffarelli and Farinelli etc.

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