Daniel Bard

Franco Fagioli, Kammerorchester Basel & Daniel Bard – Anime Immortali (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:14 minutes | 912 MB | Genre: Classical, Opera
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © PentaTone

Counter-tenor Franco Fagioli makes his Pentatone debut with Anime Immortali, together with the Kammerorchester Basel, exploring the music that Mozart composed for castratos. Ranging from opera to sacred music and culminating in Exsultate, jubilate, the recorded works share a sublime and profound character, demonstrating Mozart’s strong connection to the castrato voice. With this album, Fagioli finally returns to the composer that inflamed his desire to become a musician during his youth.

Franco Fagioli is one of today’s most esteemed countertenors, and makes his Pentatone debut. The Kammerorchester Basel returns to the label after a recording of Haydn’s Stabat Mater (2023) with René Jacobs.

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