Nicolò Balducci, Dolci Affetti, Dan Laurin, Anna Paradiso - Castrapolis: Neapolitan Cantatas and Arias (2022) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Nicolò Balducci, Dolci Affetti, Dan Laurin, Anna Paradiso
Title: Castrapolis: Neapolitan Cantatas and Arias
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: BIS
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 01:21:04
Total Size: 430 MB / 1.51 GB
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Tracklist:Title: Castrapolis: Neapolitan Cantatas and Arias
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: BIS
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-96kHz FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 01:21:04
Total Size: 430 MB / 1.51 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. Hasse: Ciro riconosciuto: Non piangete, amati rai (7:51)
2. Porsile: Il ritorno di Ulisse alla patria (Excerpts): Sventurato chi piagato (1:45)
3. Porsile: Il ritorno di Ulisse alla patria (Excerpts): Tu sei crudel così (2:51)
4. Porsile: Il ritorno di Ulisse alla patria (Excerpts): Apri Cirene i lumi (5:37)
5. Porsile: Il ritorno di Ulisse alla patria (Excerpts): Fiero sdegno dell'alma guerriero (2:43)
6. Porsile: Il ritorno di Ulisse alla patria (Excerpts): Quel volto vezzoso (3:16)
7. Porsile: Il ritorno di Ulisse alla patria (Excerpts): Mi preparo a trionfar (3:03)
8. Scarlatti: Quella pace gradita, H. 610: I. Sinfonia (3:59)
9. Scarlatti: Quella pace gradita, H. 610: II. Quella pace gradita (1:08)
10. Scarlatti: Quella pace gradita, H. 610: III. Crudel tiranno amore (4:53)
11. Scarlatti: Quella pace gradita, H. 610: IV. O voi selve beate (0:43)
12. Scarlatti: Quella pace gradita, H. 610: V. Care selve, soggiorni di quiete (2:23)
13. Scarlatti: Quella pace gradita, H. 610: VI. Lungi da me, tiranno amore (1:09)
14. Scarlatti: Quella pace gradita, H. 610: VII. Teco, o mesta tortorella (4:12)
15. Auletta: Concerto in C Major: I. Allegro (6:37)
16. Auletta: Concerto in C Major: II. Larghetto (7:33)
17. Auletta: Concerto in C Major: III. Allegro (4:18)
18. : Dimmi bel neo che fai (0:40)
19. Sarro: Dimmi bel neo che fai: I. Dimmi bel neo che fai (0:57)
20. Sarro: Dimmi bel neo che fai: II. Così amor mi dasse in sorte (2:59)
21. Sarro: Dimmi bel neo che fai: III. No m'inganna il pensiero (1:03)
22. Sarro: Dimmi bel neo che fai: IV. Che vaneggia quest (4:11)
23. Sarro: Dimmi bel neo che fai: V. Si neo chiamarti deggio (0:30)
24. Sarro: Dimmi bel neo che fai: VI. Si tu puoi darli ò cara (2:15)
25. Traditional: Tarantella del Gargano (Arr. for Voice & Baroque Guitar) (4:38)
During the 17th and 18th centuries, Naples’ fame as a musical centre attracted travellers, composers, instrumentalists and virtuoso singers alike. Among the aspiring musicians, the most highly-trained and sought-after were the castrati, promising boys aged between 8 and 12 who were subjected to an operation intended to preserve the exceptionally pure timbre of their treble voice. Forever virginal beings whose superhuman voices mesmerized their listeners they were nicknamed "angiolilli" ("little angels"), and sang in the most important churches and theatres of "Castrapolis", a term coined to describe the southern capital and its high concentration of castrato sopranos.
Nicolò Balducci is one of the rapidly rising countertenors and sopranists of his generation. Together with the ensemble Dolci Affetti, directed by the renowned recorder player Dan Laurin, he here performs arias and cantatas by Hasse, Porsile, Sarro and Alessandro Scarlatti. All four composers were associated with Naples and knew how to highlight these extraordinary voices, at a time when opera and the chamber cantata represented the most fashionable musical genres both in Italy and abroad. The program is completed with a Concerto for Harpsichord by Domenico Auletta, with Anna Paradiso performing the solo part.
Nicolò Balducci is one of the rapidly rising countertenors and sopranists of his generation. Together with the ensemble Dolci Affetti, directed by the renowned recorder player Dan Laurin, he here performs arias and cantatas by Hasse, Porsile, Sarro and Alessandro Scarlatti. All four composers were associated with Naples and knew how to highlight these extraordinary voices, at a time when opera and the chamber cantata represented the most fashionable musical genres both in Italy and abroad. The program is completed with a Concerto for Harpsichord by Domenico Auletta, with Anna Paradiso performing the solo part.