The Castrato and His Wife
Helen Berry's portrait of celebrated 18th-century castrato Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci and his love affair with young Irish girl Dorothea Maunsell. Read by Greta Scacchi.
Music details:
Overture from Artaserse by Johann-Adolf Hasse, Track 5, Farinelli, Il Castrato Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Auvdis Travelling K1005, performed by Ewa Mallas-Godlewska, Soprano; Derek Lee Ragin, counter-tenor, Les Talens Lyriques, conducted by Christophe Rousset
鈥楾accia il vento e la tempesta鈥� from Merope by Broschi, Track 10, L鈥橝ge d鈥橭r des Castrats, EMI CDC5552592. Sung by Aris Christopfellis, sopranist.
鈥楶salm 109, Dixit Dominus鈥� by Claudio Monteverdi, Track 2, Vespers of the Blessed Virgin, Naxos B0000013VY performed by The Scholars Baroque Ensemble
鈥楽alve Regina鈥� by Giovanni-Battista Pergolese, Track 10, Farinelli, Il Castrato Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Auvdis Travelling K1005, performed by Ewa Mallas-Godlewska, Soprano; Derek Lee Ragin, counter-tenor, Les Talens Lyriques, conducted by Christophe Rousset
鈥楽tabat Mater鈥� by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Decca B001N5J7SW, performed by Emma Kirkby and The Academy of Ancient Music, conducted by Christopher Hogwood
Air d鈥橢pidide: 鈥楺uel usignuolo鈥� from Merope by Geminiano Giacomelli, Track 2, Farinelli et son temps, EMI 5552502, performed by Aris Christopfellis and the Ensemble Seicentonovecento, conducted by Flavio Colusso.
Recitatif & air de Farnaspe: 鈥極h cari sdegni鈥ieto cosi tal volta鈥� from Adriano in Siria by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Track 12, Farinelli et son temps, EMI 5552502, performed by Aris Christopfellis and the Ensemble Seicentonovecento, conducted by Flavio Colusso.
La partenza: 鈥楨cco quak fiero instante鈥� by Carlo Broschi Farinelli, Track 4, Farinelli et son temps, EMI 5552502, performed by Aris Christopfellis and the Ensemble Seicentonovecento, conducted by Flavio Colusso.
鈥楪eneroso risuegliati o core鈥� by J A Hasse, Track 9, Farinelli, Il Castrato Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Auvdis Travelling K1005, performed by Ewa Mallas-Godlewska, Soprano; Derek Lee Ragin, counter-tenor, Les Talens Lyriques, conducted by Christophe Rousset
No. 21 鈥楢ir 鈥� Water parted from the sea鈥� from Artaxerxes by Thomas Arne, Track 12, CD 2, Artaxerxes, Linn Records B004MAETAQ performed by Christopher Ainslie and the Classical Opera Company,
鈥楾accia il vento e la tempesta鈥� from Merope by Broschi, Track 10, L鈥橝ge d鈥橭r des Castrats, EMI CDC5552592. Sung by Aris Christopfellis, sopranist.
鈥楽on qual nave ch鈥檃gitata鈥� by Broschi, Track 1, Farinelli, Il Castrato Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Auvdis Travelling K1005, performed by Ewa Mallas-Godlewska, Soprano; Derek Lee Ragin, counter-tenor, Les Talens Lyriques, conducted by Christophe Rousset
鈥楲ochaber鈥�, Track 7, Airs and Graces, BIS B002WLWP5S, performed by William Skeen
鈥楶er questo dolce amplesso鈥� from Artaserse by Hasse, Track 6, L鈥橝ge d鈥橭r des Castrats, EMI CDC5552592. Sung by Aris Christopfellis, sopranist.
鈥榁o Solcando un Mar Crudele, from Artaserse by Track 11, La dolce fiamma: Forgotten Castrato Arias, Virgin B002T3AEYS performed by Philippe Jaroussky/Le Cercle De L'Harmonie /J茅r茅mie Rhorer
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