Catalogue # 4781522

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Araia: Cadrò, ma qual si mira

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Caldara: Profezie, di me diceste

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Caldara: Quel buon pastor son io

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Graun, C H: Misero pargoletto

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Graun, C H: Deh, tu bel Dio d’amore … Ov’è il mio bene?

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Leo: Qual farfalla

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Porpora: Come nave in mezzo all’onde

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Porpora: Parto, ti lascio, o cara

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Porpora: Usignolo sventurato

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Porpora: In braccio a mille furie

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Porpora: Nobil onda (Adelaïde)

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Vinci: Chi temea Giove regnante

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Italy — 4,000 boys sacrificed each year in the name of music.\nWith her new album “Sacrificium”, and a major international concert\ntour, Cecilia Bartoli uncovers the extraordinary world of the\n“castrati”, and sings the glorious music they inspired.

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The “Sacrificium” project will tell the story of the castrati in\nall its complexity; its beauty, glamour, controversy and cruelty.\nThe album focuses on the Neapolitan school, which produced\nsuperstar castrati including Farinelli and Caffarelli. “The age of\nthe castrati” inspired some of the most virtuosic repertoire ever\nwritten for the human voice; elaborate coloratura showpieces and\nbeautiful slow arias, written for the extraordinary vocal abilities\nof the leading castrati.

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Following the international success of “Opera Proibita”, Cecilia\nBartoli uncovers more lost jewels of Baroque music, with an album\nalmost entirely composed of world premiere recordings. For the\nfirst time since their record-breaking “Vivaldi Album”, Cecilia\nBartoli is reunited with leading Italian period instrument ensemble\nIl Giardino Armonico and their director Giovanni Antonini.

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