Franco Fagioli – Rossini (2016) [HDTracks FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Franco Fagioli – Rossini (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz  | Time – 01:15:20 minutes | 1,34 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | Booklet, Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon
Recorded: Athens, Megaron, Metropoulos Hall, 11/2015

Franco Fagioli has taken the countertenor voice to a new heights, with a sound and technique that nobody thought were possible; he is the first countertenor to sign exclusively to the ‘yellow label’ in its 118-year history.

For his debut album on DG, Fagioli has chosen to focus on so-called “trouser roles” that confront the delightful confusion between voice and gender, particularly in Rossini’s rarely performed serious operas, with many male characters whose substantial roles were written for women rather than for castrati. But Rossini remained fascinated by the castrati and their “purity and wonderful flexibility; their profoundly penetrating accent”. For Franco Fagioli there is a special appeal to performing these roles which were written for the female voice out of necessity due to the dwindling supplies of castrati; therefore this album is so far the closest that we can get to the sound that Rossini had in mind and would have wished for this repertoire.

The exceptional bel canto technique which Fagioli has developed makes him the ideal choice for this repertoire; with his rich, colourful and at the same time incredibly agile voice, he paints a series of fascinating portraits of characters including Siveno from Demetrio e Polibio, and Arsace from Semiramide.

Franco Fagioli has already performed major roles on prestigious stages including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the Semperoper in Dresden and the Zürich Opera House. In the coming seasons he will be performing this Rossini programme in selected concerts and appear in opera houses such as Aix en Provence (Grand Théâtre de Provence), Paris (Opéra National), Madrid (Teatro Real) and Lille (Opéra de Lille), among others.

Tracklist:

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

Demetrio e Polibio:
1. Pien di contento in seno 04:10

Matilde di Shabran:
2. Sazia tu fossi alfine 02:09
3. Ah, perché, perché la morte 09:30

Adelaide di Borgogna:
4. Serti intrecciar le vergini 02:23
5. Questi che a me presenta 00:53
6. Vieni, tuo sposo e amante 03:00
7. Al trono tuo primiero 03:44

Tancredi:
8. O sospirato lido 05:26
9. Dolci d’amor parole 06:20

Adelaide di Borgogna:
10. Salve, Italia 01:44
11. O sacra alla virtù 01:53
12. Soffri la tua sventura … Amica speme 05:36

Semiramide:
13. Eccomi alfine in Babilonia 05:59
14. Ah, quel giorno ognor rammento 06:28

Eduardo e Cristina:
15. Nel misero tuo stato 04:04
16. Ah! Chi sa dirmi se la sposa 02:04
17. La pietà che in sen serbate 09:57

Personnel:
Franco Fagioli, countertenor
Armonia Atenea
George Petrou, conductor

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