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Castrapolis 那不勒斯清唱劇及歌謠
尼科洛.巴杜奇 假聲男高音
安娜.帕拉迪索 大鍵琴
丹.羅林 直笛
During the 17th and 18th centuries, Naples' fame as a musical centre attracted travellers, composers, instrumentalists and virtuoso singers alike. Among the aspiring musicians, the most highly-trained and sought-after were the castrati, promising boys aged between 8 and 12 who were subjected to an operation intended to preserve the exceptionally pure timbre of their treble voice. Forever virginal beings whose superhuman voices mesmerized their listeners they were nicknamed angiolilli, 'little angels', and sang in the most important churches and theatres of 'Castrapolis', a term coined to describe the southern capital and its high concentration of castrato sopranos.
Nicolo Balducci is one of the rapidly rising countertenors and sopranists of his generation. Together with the ensemble Dolci Affetti, directed by the renowned recorder player Dan Laurin, he here performs arias and cantatas by Hasse, Porsile, Sarro and Alessandro Scarlatti. All four composers were associated with Naples and knew how to highlight these extraordinary voices, at a time when opera and the chamber cantata represented the most fashionable musical genres both in Italy and abroad. The program is completed with a concerto for harpsichord by Domenico Auletta, with Anna Paradiso performing the solo part.
Johann Adolf Hasse
from Ciro riconosciuto
01 Aria ''Non piangete, amati rai'' 7''51
Giuseppe Porsile
from Il ritorno di Ulisse alla patria 19''11
02 Aria ''Sventurato chi piagato'' 1''45
03 Aria ''Tu sei crudel cosi'' 2''51
04 Aria ''Apri Cirene i lumi'' 5''36
05 Aria ''Fiero sdegno dell''alma guerriero'' 2''42
06 Aria ''Quel volto vezzoso'' 3''15
07 Aria ''Mi preparo a trionfar'' 3''02
Alessandro Scarlatti
Quella pace gradita 18''24
08 Sinfonia 3''58
09 Recitative ''Quella pace gradita'' 1''08
10 Aria ''Crudel tiranno amore'' 4''52
11 Recitative ''O voi selve beate'' 0''42
12 Aria ''Care selve, soggiorni di quiete'' 2''23
13 Recitative ''Lungi da me, tiranno amore'' 1''09
14 Aria ''Teco, o mesta tortorella'' 4''12
Domenico Auletta
Concerto in C major 18''27
15 I. Allegro 6''37
16 II. Larghetto 7''33
17 III. Allegro 4''17
Recitation
18 Dimmi bel neo che fai 0''40
Domenico Natale Sarro
Dimmi bel neo che fai 11''53
19 Recitative ''Dimmi bel neo che fai'' 0''57
20 Aria ''Cosi amor mi dasse in sorte'' 2''58
21 Recitative ''No m''inganna il pensiero'' 1''03
22 Aria ''Che vaneggia quest'' alma smarrita'' 4''11
23 Recitative ''Si neo chiamarti deggio'' 0''29
24 Aria ''Si tu puoi darli o cara'' 2''15
Traditional
25 Tarantella del Gargano 4''50
Album total 81''27
Nicolo Balducci (counter-tenor), Anna Paradiso (harpsichord), Dolci Affetti, Dan Laurin, Dohyo Sol (baroque guitar)