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Silvia Frigato, Talenti Vulcanici, Emanuele Cardi – Feo & Manna: Lux in tenebris (Liturgy and Devotion in 18th Century Naples) (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 51:01 minutes | 474 MB | Genre: Classical
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One of the most talented singers of the new generation brings to light four gems for soprano and orchestra belonging to the great eighteenth -century tradition of Neapolitan sacred music. The three composers are representative of as many generations of an industrious dynasty: Francesco Feo (1691-1761) was the uncle of Gennaro Manna (1715-79), who in turn was the uncle of Gaetano (1751-1804). Comparison between their scores allows us to observe the extraordinary development from the austerity of the late Baroque to the elegance of the galant style. The Lamentations by the two Mannas were part of the liturgy of Holy Thursday (Officium tenebrarum), whereas Feo’s La sinderesi, a sorrowful meditation on sin and contrition, belongs to the form of the spiritual cantata and points to a private devotional environment. The short and bright Gloria by Gennaro Manna crowns the programme, symbolising the final achievement of a dimension of redemption and eternal salvation. All the pieces are characterised by the typically Neapolitan taste for purity of voice, with restrained virtuosity and radiant expressivity. This is the third instalment of the new series devoted to Neapolitan music, in collaboration with the Neapolitan Centro di Musica Antica – Fondazione Pietà de’ Turchini.
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Carlo Vistoli, Talenti Vulcanici, Stefano Demicheli – Arias for Nicolino (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:02:26 minutes | 598 MB | Genre: Classical, Opera
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Nicolò Francesco Leonardo Grimaldi, known as the “Cavalier Nicolino” or just “Nicolino” (1673-1732), was a famous Italian castrato, whose lifelong association with Haendel is widely documented: it was he who sung for the 1711 premiere of the Caro Sassone’s Rinaldo in London, followed by the same composer’s Amadigi du Gaula a few years later. The very same Nicolino premiered all the other works on this album, here sung by the Italian countertenor Carlo Vistoli, a tribute to Nicolino’s fame throughout his life, including in the later years when he crossed paths with Pergolesi for La Salustia – probably not singing the first roles, as he was no longer a young man, but his outstanding stage presence seems to have designated him for important secondary character roles. Alas, poor Nicolino… the unfortunate castrato passed away at the untimely age of 59 during the rehearsals, so that Pergolesi had to find a last-minute replacement singer, for whom the arias were duly reshaped. In any case, all these arias, destined in one way or another for Nicolò Grimaldi, bear the mark of the extraordinary virtuosity which must have been his, and which is now that of Carlo Vistoli, presented as “the Rising star of baroque opera”.
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