EL MAESTRO FARINELLI / Heras-Casado, B. Mehta

EL MAESTRO
FARINELLI

Bejun Mehta
Concerto Köln
Pablo Heras-Casado
Int. Release 05 May. 2014
1 CD / Download
0289 479 2050 2
ARCHIV Produktion

Track List

Nicola Conforto
La festa cinese

1.
Overture
3:57

Nicola Porpora (1686 - 1768)
Carlo il Calvo

2.
Overture
4:23

Johann Adolf Hasse (1699 - 1783)
Sinfonia Op.5, No.6

3.
Allegro
4:08

Sinfonia Op.5, No.6

4.
Andante sempre
1:54

Sinfonia Op.5, No.6

5.
Allegro
3:20

Concerto Köln, Pablo Heras-Casado

José de Nebra (1702 - 1768)
Vendado amor es, no ciego ( Zarzuela)

6.
Tempestad grande
2:46

Bejun Mehta, Concerto Köln, Pablo Heras-Casado

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
Sinfonia In E Minor "Fandango" Wq 178

7.
Allegro assai
4:03

Sinfonia In E Minor "Fandango" Wq 178

8.
Andante moderato
3:34

Sinfonia In E Minor "Fandango" Wq 178

9.
Allegro
3:20

Francesco Corradini
10.
Baile de las máscaras
4:55

Juan Marcolini
La dicha en la desgracia y vida campestre

11.
Overture
3:30

Concerto Köln, Pablo Heras-Casado

Nicola Porpora (1686 - 1768)
Polifemo

12.
Alto Giove, è tua grazia
8:25

Bejun Mehta, Concerto Köln, Pablo Heras-Casado

José de Nebra (1702 - 1768)
13.
Seguidilla From "Amar y ser amado y la divina Philotea"
1:29

14.
Seguidilla From "Para obsequio a la deydad, nunca es culto la crueldad, y Iphigenia en Tracia"
0:54

15.
Seguidilla From "Vendado es amor, no es ciego"
1:13

16.
Canción From "Viento es la dicha de amor"
1:08

17.
Seguidilla From "Donde hay violencia no hay culpa" (1)
2:39

18.
Seguidilla From "Donde hay violencia no hay culpa" (2)
0:52

Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774)
19.
Periodical Overture
5:45

Tommaso Michele Francesco Saverio Traetta (1727 - 1779)
Armida

20.
Overture
5:29

Concerto Köln, Pablo Heras-Casado

Total Playing Time 1:07:44

. . . the disc's highlight is countertenor Bejun Mehta's poignant and beautifully controlled reading of Porpora's aria "Alto Giove" from "Polifemo" -- Neapolitan opera at its most exquisitely lyrical. Concerto Köln, under the dynamic baton of Pablo Heras-Casado, offers . . . taut and spirited playing . . .
Record Review / Kate Bolton, BBC Music Magazine (London) / 01. July 2014
There's infectious fun from a battery of tinkling percussion and an extrovert wittiness of phrase in excerpts from "Baile de las máscaras" by Francesco Corradini . . . [while Nicola Conforta's] overture to "La festa cinese" gets proceedings off with a colourful bang . . . Concerto Köln's zesty punchiness is a good fit for the dynamism of conductor Pablo Heras-Casado -- nowhere more compellingly than in CPE Bach's vibrant "Fandango" Sinfonia in E minor.
Record Review / David Vickers, Gramophone (London) / 01. July 2014
. . . [all the pieces] are beautifully played by Concerto Köln . . . [both performances of Mehta] are breathtakingly lovely.
Record Review / Rick Anderson, CD Hotlist / 07. July 2014
. . . the individual numbers are terrific, the conducting flamboyant and the playing punchy and suave . . . [Poropora / "Alto Giove"]: Bejun Mehta is ravishing . . .
Record Review / Tim Ashley, The Guardian (London) / 11. July 2014
. . . the dynamic Spanish conductor teams up with HIP veterans Concerto Koln for a zesty, eclectic programme of mostly instrumental music . . . Thoroughly addictive, with the CPE Bach E minor Sinfonia "Fandango" worth the ticket price alone.
Record Review / William Yeomann, Gramophone Christmas (London) / 01. December 2014
. . . thrilling music-making . . . [Heras-Casado] is in his element here.
Record Review / Christopher Breunig, Hi-Fi News (London) / 01. December 2015
The performances are outstanding: the orchestral items receive vigorous interpretations, with healthy expressive qualities in the slow movements. Bejun Mehta is a fine and sensible singer with a good feeling for the style of the repertoire. He delivers a very engaging performance of the "fandango" by Nebra . . . I enjoyed Mehta's account of Porpora's aria "Alto Giove" . . .
Record Review / Johan van Veen, MusicWeb International (Coventry) / 01. January 2016
. . . [Mehta]: einer der stimmstärksten und bühnenwirksamsten Counterhelden . . . [Heras-Casado]: [ein] Meister barock inspirierter Klangrede . . .
Record Review / Helmut Mauró, Süddeutsche Zeitung / 20. May 2014
. . . Pablo Heras-Casado entzündet bei alter, neuer und romantischer Musik spanisches Feuer . . . [eine] fulminante CD . . . Concerto Köln spielt diese Musik auf Nachbauten alter Instrumente gepfeffert und mit Extra-Paprika wie eine mallorquinische Chorizo. Die Fandangos und Seguidillas versetzen einen in allerbeste Sommerstimmung . . . [dann ist da noch das rauschende Kastagnetten-Duett "Vendado amor es, no ciego" von José de Nebra, das der Counter Bejun Mehta] mit sich selbst singt: Wer da nicht unverzüglich in beste Laune verfällt, dem ist nicht zu helfen.
Record Review / Robert Braunmüller, Abendzeitung (Munich) / 13. June 2014
Vor allem die Seguidillas von José de Nebra, aber auch die Ouvertüre von Juan Marcolini machen [richtig Spaß] . . .




Record Review / Reinmar Emans, Fono Forum (Euskirchen) / 01. July 2014

  • Watch a trailer for Pablo Heras-Casado´s new album "Farinelli".

    Pablo Heras-Casado, "one of the most exciting conductors of his generation" (Die Welt), makes his Archiv Produktion debut performing instrumental and vocal music associated with Farinelli, the legendary 18th-century castrato who served as impresario and court musician to the kings of Spain.

    This new album with works of Baroque composers like Hasse, Porpora and Jomelli represents a fine selection of pieces and features eight world premier recordings, including some arias sung by Bejun Mehta, "the best countertenor in the world" (Süddeutsche Zeitung).


  • Watch an excerpt "Alto Giove, è tua grazia" from Pablo Heras-Casado's new album "El Maestro Farinelli".


  • Watch an excerpt from Pablo Heras-Casado's new album "El Maestro Farinelli".


  • Watch an excerpt "Vendado es amor, no es ciego" from Pablo Heras-Casado's new album "El Maestro Farinelli".