Sacrificium (Deluxe Edition)
Cecilia Bartoli
label: Decca format: CD UPC: 00028947815211 release date: 10/26/2009
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Tracks
| Disc 1 | ||
| Siface (Nicola Porpora): | ||
1. Come Nave in mezzo all'onde 04:05 | ||
| Sedecia (Antonio Caldara): | ||
2. Profezie, di me diceste 07:39 | ||
| Berenice (Francesco Araia): | ||
3. Cadrò, ma qual si mira 06:17 | ||
| Germanico in Germania (Nicola Porpora): | ||
4. Parto to lascio, o cara 10:48 | ||
| Siface (Nicola Porpora): | ||
5. Usignuolo sventurato 05:12 | ||
| Demofonte (Carl Heinrich Graun): | ||
6. Misero pargoletto 10:08 | ||
| Semiramide (Nicola Porpora): | ||
7. In braccio a mille furie 02:53 | ||
| Zenobia In Palmira (Leonardo Leo): | ||
8. Qual farfalla 05:30 | ||
| Adelaide (Nicola Porpora): | ||
9. Nobil onda 04:56 | ||
| Adriano in Siria (Carl Heinrich Graun): | ||
10. Deh, tu bel Dio d'amore...Ov'è il mio ben 03:43 | ||
| Farnace (Leonardo Vinci): | ||
11. Chi temea Giove regnante 06:20 | ||
| La Morte d'Abel (Antonio Caldara): | ||
12. Quel buon pastor son io 10:30 | ||
| Disc 2 | ||
| Son qual nave (Riccardo Broschi): | ||
1. Son qual nave 07:32 | ||
| Serse (Xerxes) HWV40 (George Frideric Handel): | ||
2. "Ombra mai fù" 03:30 | ||
| Merope (Geminiano Giacomelli): | ||
3. Sposa, non mi conosci 10:11 | ||
Sacrificium (Deluxe Edition)
Cecilia Bartoli uncovers the extraordinary and cruel world of the ‘Castrati’ and sings the glorious music they inspired. The all-new album consists almost entirely of world-premiere recordings of some of the most virtuosic music ever written for the human voice.After extensive research, Cecilia Bartoli has produced not only a new recording, but also a comprehensive study of the castrati and their time period through two lavishly produced and illustrated articles included in the deluxe package.
Sacrificium marks the first collaboration of Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini, and Bartoli since their Grammy® Award-winning The Vivaldi Album ten years ago.
Musicians
- Cecilia Bartoli(Mezzo-Soprano)
- Il Giardino Armonico(Orchestra)
- Giovanni Antonini(Conductor)
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reviews
SF Gate REVIEW - Joshua Kosman
"Sacrificium," the title of Cecilia Bartoli's magnificent new collection of Baroque arias for castrato, seems to ask us to dwell on the sorrow and even the barbarity of this strange cultural practice, which I'm happy to do. But the performances here tell another story - they remind us how dynamic, extravagant and downright sexy this music was to 18th century audiences, and can still sound today. Bartoli bolts out the gate with a breathlessly fast "shipwreck" aria (a Baroque trope bordering on cliche) by Nicola Porpora, and the sheer vigor and precision of her performance defy belief. Further selections tread a similar path, with Bartoli unleashing fireballs of coloratura in superbly judged proportions; they serve for pure dazzlement or pictorial effect, as in another Porpora aria about a nightingale (Vinci, Graun, Leo and other composers are also represented). The slow arias are less impressive, serving to reveal the patchiness of her vocal tone, but the instrumental playing by Il Giardino Armonico is first-rate. - Joshua Kosman 10/26/2009 1:57 PM (GMT-08:00)