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Arias for Senesino Import

SCHOLL / ACADEMIA BIZANTINA / DANTONE (Artist), OTTAVIO DANTONE (Composer), ACADEMIA BIZANTINA (Composer) Format: Audio CD
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  • Composer: OTTAVIO DANTONE, ACADEMIA BIZANTINA
  • Audio CD (October 11, 2005)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Decca
  • ASIN: B000A79NL0
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsA missed opportunity ?
By R. H. Fitzsimmons on October 12, 2005
Format: Audio CD
This has been a long awaited release from star countertenor Andreas Scholl, but although the singing is as nuanced and fluent as before, and the playing generally thrilling, Decca's (presumably) choice of repertoire is disappointing. Also, disappointingly, apart from some informative notes on Senesino from David Vickers, the lion's share of information on each aria, its origins and context, is in Italian only.

Scholl, along with American David Daniels, has been most responsible in the last decade or so for popularising the operas of Handel, and tackling the castrato roles that many thought previously were too difficult for modern singers to cope with. Here he sings a programme of arias created (in the most part) for the castrato Francesco Bernardi, known as Senesino. Arias from various stages of Senesino's career are represented here, though there is a major bias to the Handelian operas of the mid-1720s period - Rodelinda and Giulio Cesare. But, there are also arias from Albinoni, Lotti and Alessandro Scarlatti, tohgether with the last aria thought to have been sung by Senesino - Porpora's 'Va' per le vene il sangue'.

Scholl has recorded most of the Handel arias before for both Harmonia Mundi and Decca, except the opening aria Bel Contento from Flavio. His singing here is delightful and his ornamentation understated but interesting. Similarly, his mature interpretation of the scenes from Rodelinda and Giulio Cesare shows his experience of both roles in the theatre, and while the voice perhaps has lost a bit of that 'purity' in the highest notes, his attention to the text is absorbing. Al Lampo dell'armi is thrilling at breakneck speed but is perhaps not the best example of this type of aria written for Senesino.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsSenesino Lite
By Akimon Azuki on December 16, 2005
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I couldn't wait to get my hands on this album; I have been a big fan of Andreas Scholl for some time now, I think he is peerless in Bach, and I loved his performance on Handel's Rodelinda DVD from the Glyndebourne production.
However, after listening to this collection several times, I feel it simply lacks punch. The unearthly, angelic beauty of Scholl's voice, coupled with impeccable technique- great runs and what a perfect messa di voce- all this makes for intensely lovely listening experience, yet in many places it is just perfectly beautiful and perfectly boring. I was expecting a little bit more from him this time, but there were many moments when I caught myself bypassing Scholl's voice and tuning my ears to the splendid playing of Accademia Bizantina orchestra instead. I was very taken with his Heroes album, where he gave us great versions of several operatic arias and I was hoping he would scale up the drama here, but when it comes to the work in the recording studio, he's not there yet.
Few arias, notably the ones not written by Handel, show some dramatic colors: Albinoni's Stelle ingrate where Scholl cruises closely to his baritone register, Lotti's Discordi pensieri, and the final aria by Porpora. And old chestnuts like Dove Sei are finally here, but the one I was hoping would be ideal for Scholl, the great Cara Sposa, sounds underpowered. Cara Sposa is for countertenors what O Mio Babbino Caro is for sopranos, most of them get to do it at some point, but this version is just nice, and that's not good enough coming from Mr Rolls Royce of Countertenors. It's smooth and beautiful but then it would be hard to find a piece of music that would not sound beautiful when sung by Scholl. In terms of expressing anything other than the placid loveliness, it has some ways to go.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsSenesino's Dramatic Gravitas Only Partially Addressed by Scholl's Ethereal Voice
By Ed Uyeshima HALL OF FAMEVINE VOICE on November 7, 2005
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Any excuse to hear Handel's dramatic Italianate music is fine by me, and countertenor Andreas Scholl has aptly chosen to tackle the repertoire of the great castrato Senesino as a means to showcase it as well as works by Alessandro Scarlatti and lesser known Baroque composers. Scholl displays his trademark vocal style on this recording - a smooth, velvety technique that sometimes supplants the dramatic for the ethereal. It's certainly a beautiful voice but one that lacks the requisite theatrical fire and theatrical fervor of his colleague David Daniels to cover the performances of Senesino with true conviction.

Unfortunately the program simply demands a more vivid expression of emotional catharsis than Scholl is willing to share here, and the problem is further compounded by the sheer familiarity of the pieces within the context of the highly charged stories within the operas. A good example of this gap is his version of Bertarido's character-defining lament from "Rodelinda", "Pompe vane di morte! ... Dove sei, amato bene, which sounds far more like an angelic hymn than the melancholy plea of a deposed king. The same lack of awareness for the dramatic text mars his relatively colorless performance of "Dall'ondoso periglio ... Aure, deh per pieta" from "Giulio Cesare" where one has little idea that his character is grieving perhaps prematurely over the loss of a loved one. However, Scholl brings more fire to his rendition of "Al lampo dell'armi" from the same opera. He is also more accomplished on Rinaldo's famous lament, "Cara sposa, amante cara, dove sei?", where the more unfettered romanticism seems more up his alley.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsA showcase of good baroque singing - no melodrama.

Blessed with rock-solid technique and a ethereally beautiful countertenor voice, is Andreas Scholl the most eloquent interpretor of Senesino's arias? One wonders. Read more

Published on May 29, 2012 by Abert
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AWESOME CD! Gorgeous, effortless, celestial voice with breath-taking
technical controls as well as greatly expressive and free-flowing. Read more

Published on April 6, 2008 by S. Shaffer
5.0 out of 5 starsFinally, a great male alto!

With this superb recording, the great German alto Andreas Scholl ("counter-tenor" if you prefer) has staked out the artistic high ground for all male altos and sopranists. Read more

Published on October 4, 2007 by David A. Flory
5.0 out of 5 starsMore from the beautiful voice of this countertenor

Theres something very choir-boy-esque about the former choirboy Andreas Scholl. He tends to look appealingly nerdy on most of his album covers, rather like Clark Kent I suppose,... Read more

Published on March 19, 2007 by Helen Hancox
5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful, thank you; but please, no more Handel recitals, okay?

This is an excellent recording of the well known and unknown repertoire of the alto castrato, Senesino. It is a marvellous recording and the singing is magnificent. Read more

Published on August 26, 2006 by Steven Guy
2.0 out of 5 starsDreadful Senesino

First of all,Decca engineers insist on to differentiate "their" Scholl's voice from that more sweet,resounding previous Harmonia Mundi cd's like Bach Cantatas Solo,English... Read more

Published on March 25, 2006 by Guntram
5.0 out of 5 starsAnother Superb Concept for a Recital

Andreas Scholl has become one of the top stars in opera and concert stage and is probably the best known of the growing cadre of countertenors. Read more

Published on February 17, 2006 by Grady Harp
4.0 out of 5 starssomething to tide Scholl fans over

There are certainly some Scholl recordings that I anticipate. I'd love to see him record another Handel oratorio with McCreesh, a full-length Handel or Vivaldi opera, a recital of... Read more

Published on January 11, 2006 by cherubino

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