Sarti / Hallenberg / Galante / Aresi / Cassinari Arias For Luigi Marchesi CD

Painstaking work has identified not just the principal operatic arias composed with castrato Luigi Marchesi (1754-1829) in mind, but also his special and astonishing brand of ornamentation and worked-out cadenza, developed in the course of a five-decade career. The Swedish mezzo Ann Hallenberg, Stile Galante and Stefano Aresi venture wholeheartedly into the musical mind of this extraordinary star of late opera serial in a vivid recreation backed not only by meticulous attention to historical detail but by access to some two hundred contemporary accounts of the singer's music-making.

1. Vedo L'abisso Orrendo 2. Rendi, Oh Cara, Il Prence Amato 3. Chi Mi D? Consiglio, Aita 4. Lungi Da Te, Ben Mio 5. Oh Qual Contento 6. Quanto ? Fiero 7. Misero Pargoletto 8. Sembianze Amabili 9. Superbo Di Me Stesso 10. Se Cerca, Se Dice 11. Qual Mi Sorprende E Agghiaccia 12. Cara, Negl'occhi Tuoi 13. Quanto ? Fiero