Arias for Nicolino

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Vistoli’s supple facility for rapid passagework is to the fore in ‘ Torno ai ceppi’ from Sarro’s Arsace…Aside from some momentary imperfections in the strings’ intonation, the youthful ‘volcanic... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2017 More…

Release Date: 24th Mar 2017
Catalogue No: A427
Label: Arcana
Length: 62 minutes

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Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a, Act I Scene 7

Work length9:56

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Stefano Demicheli, Talenti Vulcanici, Carlo Vistoli
Recorded: 30 November / 04 December 2015

Sinfonia (Presto)

Track length0:57

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Aria "Cara sposa, amante cara"

Track length8:59

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Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act I Scene 6: Sinfonia (Largo - Allegro)

Work length4:28

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Strefano Demicheli, Talenti Vulcanici
Recorded: 30 November / 04 December 2015

Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11, Act II Scene 3, Aria: "T’amai, quant’il mio cor"

Work length4:23

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Stefano Demicheli, Talenti Vulcanici, Carlo Vistoli
Recorded: 30 November / 04 December 2015

Sarro: Arsace

Work length3:23

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Stefano Demicheli, Talenti Vulcanici
Recorded: 30 November / 04 December 2015

Introduzione (1)

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Introduzione (2)

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Introduzione (3)

Track length1:21

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Sarro: Arsace, Act II Scene 11: Aria "Torno ai ceppi e vo incontro alla morte"

Work length2:14

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Stefano Demicheli, Talenti Vulcanici, Carlo Vistoli
Recorded: 30 November / 04 December 2015

Sarro: Arsace, Act I Scene 13

Work length6:20

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Stefano Demicheli, Talenti Vulcanici, Carlo Vistoli
Recorded: 30 November / 04 December 2015

Recitativo "Eccoti al fine, o Arsace"

Track length1:34

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Aria "Se penso a Statira"

Track length4:46

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Excerpt, Handel: Rinaldo

Work length6:00

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Stefano Demicheli, Talenti Vulcanici
Recorded: 30 November / 04 December 2015

Ouverture (Largo - Allegro)

Track length3:59

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Ouverture (Adagio)

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Ouverture (Gigue. Allegro)

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Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a, Act I Scene 8, Recitativo: "Tale stupor m’occupa i sensi, e tale"

Work length0:43

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Stefano Demicheli, Talenti Vulcanici, Carlo Vistoli
Recorded: 30 November / 04 December 2015

Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a, Act I Scene 8, Aria: "Cor ingrato, ti rammembri"

Work length3:04

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Stefano Demicheli, Talenti Vulcanici, Carlo Vistoli
Recorded: 30 November / 04 December 2015

Scarlatti, A: Il Cambise, R. 356.64, Act II Scene 9

Work length6:04

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Stefano Demicheli, Talenti Vulcanici, Carlo Vistoli
Recorded: 30 November / 04 December 2015

Aria "Quando vedrai"

Track length3:17

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Aria "Mi cinga la fama"

Track length2:47

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Pergolesi: Salustia, Act I Scene 2: Aria "Al real piede ognora"

Work length6:29

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Stefano Demicheli, Talenti Vulcanici, Carlo Vistoli
Recorded: 30 November / 04 December 2015

Pergolesi: Salustia, Act I Scene 11: Aria "Per trucidar la perfida"

Work length5:03

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Stefano Demicheli, Talenti Vulcanici, Carlo Vistoli
Recorded: 30 November / 04 December 2015

Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a, Act I Scene 9

Work length4:08

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Stefano Demicheli, Talenti Vulcanici, Carlo Vistoli
Recorded: 30 November / 04 December 2015

Recitativo "Di speranza un bel raggio"

Track length0:22

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Aria "Venti, turbini, prestate"

Track length3:46

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The creator of the title roles of Handel’s Rinaldo and Amadigi, Nicolò Grimaldi (Naples, 1673 – Naples, 1732), known as Nicolini, was the leading castrato of his time, an outstanding artist praised as a fine actor as well as a singer. A generation older than Carlo Broschi (Farinelli), Gaetano Majorano (Caffarelli) and Giovanni Carestini, he possessed exceptional vocal agility and virtuosity, contributing significantly to the establishment of the legend of the castratos’ virtuosity. The young Italian countertenor and rising star of Baroque opera Carlo Vistoli offers us a perfect picture of him in this anthology retracing the key moments of his career, including extracts from Handel’s operas but also, among others, from Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s first opera, Salustia, which Nicolino would have sung at Naples had he not fallen ill and died during the rehearsals.

He is accompanied by Talenti Vulcanici (the newly formed resident ensemble of the Centro di Musica Antica - Fondazione Pietà de’ Turchini di Napoli), here galvanised by its harpsichordist and principal conductor Stefano Demicheli, a familiar name on the Fuga Libera label, on which he released three successful recordings with his own ensemble Dolce & Tempesta. This album marks the beginning of a new series dedicated to Neapolitan music, in collaboration with the Neapolitan Foundation.

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August 2017

Vistoli’s supple facility for rapid passagework is to the fore in ‘ Torno ai ceppi’ from Sarro’s Arsace…Aside from some momentary imperfections in the strings’ intonation, the youthful ‘volcanic talents’ play with theatrical tautness and élan, and are directed by harpsichordist Stefano Demicheli with a reliable sense of pacing, detail and texture.

July 2017

His is a voice that, apart from being intrinsically beautiful, strong and powerful, has been technically well trained, allowing him to sing not only passaggi with unusually clean precision, but also to ornament effectively. He is, too, a rare countertenorcapable of producing strong chest notes, as the downward leap in the second of the Marziano arias demonstrates impressively.

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