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Porpora / Broschi / Giacomelli - Arias for Farinelli

~ Vivica Genaux
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  • Composer: Riccardo Broschi, Baldassare Galuppi, Geminiano Giacomelli, Johann Adolf Hasse, Nicola Porpora
  • Audio CD (13 May 2002)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Harmonia Mundi
  • ASIN: B0000646XA
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 102,534 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Dall'amor più sventurato from "Orfeo" - Nicola Antonio Porpora
2. Ombra fedele anch'io from "Idaspe" - Riccardo Broschi
3. Qual guerriero in campo armato from "Idaspe" - Riccardo Broschi
4. Mancare Dio mi sento from "Adriano in Siria" - Geminiano Giacomelli
5. Concerto a 4 in C minor - Baldassare Galuppi
6. Oh volesser gli Dei...Dolci freschi aurette from "Polifemo" - Nicola Antonio Porpora
7. Or la nube procellosa - Nicola Antonio Porpora
8. Per questo dolce amplesso from "Artaserse" - Johann Adolf Hasse
9. Quell'usignolo from "Merope" - Geminiano Giacomelli
On this CD:
  1. Orfeo
    Composed by Nicola Porpora
    with Vivica Genaux, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conducted by René Jacobs

  2. Idaspe
    Composed by Riccardo Broschi
    with Vivica Genaux, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conducted by René Jacobs

  3. Idaspe
    Composed by Riccardo Broschi
    with Vivica Genaux, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conducted by René Jacobs

  4. Adriano in Siria
    Composed by Geminiano Giacomelli
    with Vivica Genaux, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conducted by René Jacobs

  5. Concerto a quattro in C minor
    Composed by Baldassare Galuppi
    with Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conducted by René Jacobs

  6. Polifemo
    Composed by Nicola Porpora
    with Vivica Genaux, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conducted by René Jacobs

  7. Or la nube procellosa
    Composed by Nicola Porpora
    with Vivica Genaux, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conducted by René Jacobs

  8. Artaserse
    Composed by Johann Hasse
    with Vivica Genaux, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conducted by René Jacobs

  9. Merope
    Composed by Geminiano Giacomelli
    with Vivica Genaux, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conducted by René Jacobs

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Amazon.co.uk Review

You've seen the film, now hear the CD. Well, not the soundtrack of the film Farinelli, with its synthetically produced re-creations of the sound of the great 18th-century castrato, but American mezzo Vivica Genaux's impressive collection of operatic arias inspired by Farinelli's genius. The astoundingly gifted Carlo Broschi detto Farinelli was feted across Europe, not least by royalty. The often fabulously florid arias featured here showcase a cross-section of the composers who were captivated by his talents--Porpora, Broschi, Giacomelli and Johann Adolf Hasse. Given the wide range of Farinelli's voice (and barring the unthinkable intervention of a scalpel) these arias must now be the preserve of female singers. Genaux's voice offers the ideal compromise: evenly produced throughout the range, not too "fat" nor too feminine--and able effortlessly to cope with the virtuoso pyrotechnics of arias such as "Qual guerriero in campo armato" from Broschi's opera Idaspe, as well as delivering melting sounds in the likes of Giacomelli's "Mancare Dio mi sento" from Adriano in Siria. The Berlin players are immaculate, sensitively directed by counter tenor René Jacobs... maybe wishing he could tackle these arias himself.--Andrew Green

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5.0 out of 5 stars STAR ON THE RISE!!, 18 May 2002
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Well...here it is at last! When I first read that Rene Jacobs had found a new talent and was recording an album with arias that Farinelli made famous I was very exited, to put it mildly!!
When I brought the CD back home, the whole ritual began - somewhere comfortable to sit and no one to disturb you. I was completely blown away by the voice and the vocal technique was outstanding.The first track, "Dall'amor piu sventurato" is a a beautiful piece of music and it stuck by me for the next couple of days - could not get it out of my head. There have been a few CDs with arias that Farinelli was supposed to have sung and maybe the most "accurate" and well known is the soundtrack to the film "Farinelli, Il Castrato", where they mixed the voice of a countertenor, Derek Lee Ragin, and a soprano voice, Eva Mallas Godlewska. This produced the most extraordinary sound. Anyway...the second aria on this new CD, "Ombra fedele anch'io", written by the brother of Farinelli, Riccardo Broschi, is as moving as in the film and Vivica Geneaux treats it with such delicacy and beauty - truly a stunning aria. The rest of the arias has an individuality and I like to listen to them 1-2 at a time, as the whole CD in one go is a tour de force and you might find yourself overdosed on this beautiful voice (not saying this a bad thing, but you will appreciate the music more if you listen to a few pices at a time). The technique of this fine singer is unbelivable and must be heard to be belived. She makes easy work of the most demanding arias and uses the whole of her range, top to bottom, in the most striking way. She is superbly assisted by the Berlin Akademie fur Alte Musik and the whole thing is held together by Rene Jacobs. Most of these arias are not available anywhere else and makes a welcome addition to the catalogue. The whole CD is a treasure and I can find little, or nothing to complain about. This must be another star for Harmonia Mundi and I wish she would do a Handel collection (she has recorded Handels "Armonio")as I think she would be fantastic in the Handel repertoire. No doubt if Rene Jacobs takes her under his wings there will be great things to come. A star to look out for!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars farinelli almost lives, 15 April 2008
I didn't much like the film (this is better than the soundtrack) but this is how to sing the rep. Maybe one day someone like Jörg Waschinski will be able to do it (his Gedeone is pretty good) but for the moment we'll have to rely on women, pace the overambitious Jarrousky. Wonderful da capos using some of Farinelli's original ornamentations (on already unbelievable arias). In Venice 'people of all condition' would follow him about and in London people arrived four hours early IN the theatre to Hear him. Now we know why.
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