La Musique au Temps des Castrats (Music from the age of Castratos)

Vocal music in the XVIII century belonged to castratos. Their voice were so unique and irreplaceable, they didnt have rivals, they knew they were the best (I mean the big names such as, Farinelli, Carestini, Senesiano, Guadagni, etc). Now we have countertenors as a proxy for their voice, but still we dont know how close to the original castrato voice are, because the voice of a countertenor is just an imitation, while castratos developed their voice in the phisiological way, so, making their voice more pure.

The cd is a jewel, since it containes works sung by acclaimed countertenors that Im sure their names will be written in history music books like James Bowman, Dominique Visse and Gérard Lesne. Not sure about  Derek Ree Ragin, but he will be remmembered because he and the soprano Ewa Mallas-Godlewska made the voice for Farinelly in the 1994 film "Farinelli". The last aria "Son qual Nave" of Ricardo Broschi, brother of Farinelli's (Carlo Broschi) comes from the film where their voices were electronically mixed.

Enjoy!

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