ANIMA SACRA presents a unique selection of early 18th century masterpieces of sacred music by still to be rediscovered Italian composers of the Neapolitan School like Fago and Sarro, combined with some well known composers working at the catholic Dresden Court such as Hasse, Zelenka and Heinichen – and – last but not least: Antonio Vivaldi. The compositions are united by their captivating beauty and technical perfection in displaying a most intimate yet theatrical essence of baroque spiritual life – the Anima Sacra.
The young Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński, Grand Finals winner of the 2016 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and winner of the 2015 Marcella Sembrich International Vocal Competition, is quickly gaining a reputation as a singer of striking vocal beauty and daring stagecraft. While working for his Master’s degree in vocal performance at the Chopin University in Warsaw, he participated in the ‚Opera Academy’ at the Polish National Opera in Warsaw. He is currently working on his Graduate Diploma at the renowned New York Juilliard School, studying with Edith Wiens. In his first recording for Erato he teams up with il pomo d’oro under its chief conductor Maxim Emelyanychev.
NICOLA FAGO (1677-1745)
¶ Il Faraone sommerso ”Alla gente a Dio diletta” *
¶ Confitebor tibi Domine in G major *
JOHANN DAVID HEINICHEN (1683-1729)
¶ Alma Redemptoris Mater in F major
DOMÈNEC TERRADELLAS (1711-1751)
¶ Donec ponam from the Dixit Dominus in G major
NICOLA FAGO
¶ Tam non splendet sol creatus in А major (c.1712) *
DOMENICO SARRO (1679-0744)
¶ Laudamus te from Messa a 5 voci in А major *
FRANCESCO FEO (1691-1761)
¶ Juste Judex ultionis from the Dies irae in C major *
JAN DISMAS ZELENKA (1679-1745)
¶ from Gesù al Calvario, ZWV 62
JOHANN ADOLF HASSE (1699-1783)
¶ Mea tormenta, properate!" from Sanctus Petrus et Sancta Maria Magdalena (1758) *
GAETANO MARIA SCHIASSI (1698-1754)
¶ L'agnelletta timidetta from Maria Vergine al Calvario*
FRANCESCO DURANTE (1684-1755)
¶ Domine Fili unigenite from Messa a 5 voci in C major *
* world-premiere recordings
Jakub Józef Orliński, Countertenor
Il pomo d’oro Ensemble,
Maxim Emelyanychev.
Recordings : February 5-12, 2018, Villa San Femo, Lonigo, Italy.
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