Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Confidenze (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

After two albums devoted to Italian music from the 17th and 18th centuries (BIS-2585 and BIS-2645), male soprano Nicolo Balducci now offers us a recital devoted to the greatest representatives of Viennese Classicism - Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven - in the company of the fortepianist Anna Paradiso, whom we recently heard in a recording devoted to the work of Caroline Ridderstolpe together with mezzo-soprano Kristina Hammarstrom (BIS-2675). The vocal compositions gathered here, which include such rarities as two songs in French by Beethoven, are performed by a male soprano - in many cases the first time they have been recorded by this voice type. This original approach by the two performers makes it possible "to explore unusual nuances, both in the interpretation and in the 'soundscape' of this music, and to find new angles of inspiration in our interpretations" (Balducci). The combination of high voice and fortepiano emphasises the link between sound and words, with a dimension closer to chamber music, inspired by the specific timbre of the instruments. "One of the fascinating aspects of the pieces on this recording is the power of their rhetorical expression", writes Paradiso, and along with Balducci invites us to be entertained and moved whilst discovering "glimpses of intimate connections and shared secrets".

TRACKLIST

1. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Beethoven: Adelaide, Op. 46
2. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Mozart: Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte, K. 520
3. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Mozart: Abendempfindung an Laura, K. 523
4. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Mozart: An Chloe, K. 524
5. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Haydn: Fidelity, Hob. XXVIa: 30
6. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Haydn: The Mermaid's Song, Hob. XXVIa: 25
7. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Haydn: A Pastoral Song, Hob. XXVIa: 27
8. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Haydn: The Spirit's Song, Hob. XXVIa: 41
9. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Mozart: Adagio in B Minor, K. 540
10. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Mozart: Dans un bois solitaire, K. 308/295b
11. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Beethoven: Plaisir d'aimer, WoO 128
12. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Beethoven: Que le temps me dure, WoO 116
13. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Beethoven: An die Hoffnung, Op. 94
14. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Mozart: Der Zauberer, K. 472
15. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Haydn: Sonata No. 61 in D Major, Hob. XVI/51: I. Andante
16. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Haydn: Sonata No. 61 in D Major, Hob. XVI/51: II. Finale (Presto)
17. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Beethoven: 4 Ariettas and a Duet, Op. 82: No. 1, Hoffnung
18. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Mozart: Ridente la calma, K. 152/210a
19. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Beethoven: In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133
20. Nicolò Balducci & Anna Paradiso - Beethoven: La partenza, WoO 124



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