Ann Hallenberg, Stefano Aresi, Stile Galante - The Farinelli Manuscript: Broschi, Latilla, Conforto, Giacomelli, Mele (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 381 Mb | Total time: 72:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Glossa | # GCD 923521 | Recorded: 2019
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 381 Mb | Total time: 72:04 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Glossa | # GCD 923521 | Recorded: 2019
With The Farinelli Manuscript Ann Hallenberg, accompanied by Stefano Aresi and Stile Galante, offers a scintillating reading of the music known to have been sung by the castrato Carlo Broschi during his 23-year stay in Spain (and sent as a present to the Empress Maria Theresa). Described as “a force of nature”, displaying flawless coloratura and a purity of timbre, the Swedish mezzo follows her previous appearance on Glossa with Aresi (a disc devoted to music associated with the later castrato Luigi Marchesi) with a spirited demonstration of the musicality which so attracted Farinelli to listeners at the Spanish court.
