tracks

Come Naive Mezzo All' Onde - Siface (Milan, 1725)
Profezie Di Me Diceste - Sedecia (Vienna, 1732)
Cadrò Ma Qual Si Mira - Berenice (Venice, 1734)
Parto, Ti Lascio, O Cara - Germanico In Germania (Rome, 1732)
Usignolo Sveturato - Siface (Milan, 1725)
Misero Pargoletto - Demofoonte (Berlin, 1746)
In Braccio A Mille Furie - Semiramide Riconosciuta (Venice, 1729)
Qual Farfalla - Zenobia In Palmira (Naples, 1725)
Nobil Onda - Adelaide (Rome, 1723)
Deh, Tu Bel Dio D'Amore ... Ov'è Il Mio Bene? - Adriano In Siria (Berlin, 1746)
Chi Temea Giove Regnante - Farnace (Rome, 1724)
Quel Buon Pastor Son Io - La Morte D'Abel Figura Di Quella Del Nostro Redentore (Vienna, 1732)

notes

ⓅⒸ 2009 Decca Music Group Limited, London, a Universal Music Company. Made in the EU.
Recorded at Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes de Valladolid on 28-31 January, 1-3 February and 18-24 March 2009.
This recording was monitored on B & W Loudspeakers. Total time: 77:55.

The sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of boys in the name of music!
In 78 minutes of music (11 world premiere recordings) Cecilia Bartoli uncovers the extraordinary world of the "castrati" and sings arias inspired by the castrato superstars of Naples such as Farinelli and Caffarelli - including some of the most virtuosic music ever written for the human voice.

The 56-page booklet contains notes in English, French and German plus a track and credits-list and source-lists.
It also has the sung-texts in original Italian and the translations into German, English and French.
Booklet and CD are sheltered by a standard jewel case with transparent tray.

Produced with the generous support of:
Junta de Castilla y León / Consejería de Cultura y Turismo / Fundación Siglo para las Artes de Castilla y León.

credits

Bassoon – Alberto Guerra, Gilat Rotkop
Booklet Editor – Mark Pappenheim
Cello – Marcello Scandelli
Cello [Principal] – Elena Russo, Paolo Beschi
Conductor – Giovanni Antonini
Coordinator [Production] – Joanne Baines
Design – Michael Walters (2)
Double Bass – Giancarlo De Frenza, Paolo Zuccheri
Engineer [Assistant] – Mark Buecker
Engineer [Recording] – Philip Siney
Flute, Piccolo Flute – Marco Brolli
Flute, Piccolo Flute [Baroque Ottavino] – Eva Oertle
Harp – Margreth Köll
Harpsichord – Sergio Ciomei
Harpsichord, Organ – Riccardo Doni
Horn – Edward Deskur
Horn [Principal] – Johannes Hinterholzer, Wilhelm Bruns
Liner Notes [Concept And Text Editing - Introductory Notes Ⓒ2009] – Cecilia Bartoli, Markus Wyler
Liner Notes [English Translation - Notes] – Richard Evidon
Liner Notes [English Translation - Sung-Texts] – Susannah Howe
Liner Notes [French Translation - Notes] – Michel Roubinet
Liner Notes [French Translation - Sung-Texts] – David Ylla-Somers
Liner Notes [German Translation - Sung-Texts] – Gudrun Meier
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Cecilia Bartoli
Music Consultant – Sergio Ciomei
Music Librarian [Analysis Of Sources] – Wendy Waterman
Musical Assistance [Vocal Advisor] – Silvana Bazzoni
Oboe – Alessandro Pique, Pier Luigi Fabretti
Orchestra – Il Giardino Armonico
Other [Hair - Cecilia Bartoli] – Billi Currie
Other [Make-up - Cecilia Bartoli] – Bruno Tarallo
Photography By [Cecilia Bartoli Portraits] – Uli Weber (3)
Photography By [Il Gardino Armonico] – David Ellis (5)
Producer [Decca] – Valérie Gross
Producer [Recording] – Arend Prohmann
Product Manager – Niall O'Rourke
Recorded By [Recording Facilities] – Emil Berliner Studios
Score Editor – Martin Heimgartner
Theorbo, Guitar [Baroque Guitar] – Luca Pianca
Theorbo, Nose Flute – Juan Francisco Padilla
Timpani – Pedro Estevan
Viola – Carlo De Martini, Maria Cristina Vasi
Viola [Principal] – Liana Mosca
Violin [1st] – Fabrizio Haim Cipriani, Judith Huber, Luca Giardini
Violin [1st], Concertmaster – Stefano Barneschi
Violin [2nd - Principal] – Carlo Lazzaroni, Marco Bianchi (3)
Violin [2nd] – Francesco Colletti, Hedwig Reffeiner, Maria Cristina Vasi

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Decca Music Group Limited
Copyright (c) – Decca Music Group Limited
Pressed By – EDC, Germany – 52382103
Recorded At – Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes de Valladolid

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