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Andreas Scholl - Best Of Andreas Scholl (2006)

Posted By: tirexiss

Date: 12 Jun 2023 17:36:01

This disc collects a great variety of performances recorded for the Decca label by German-born countertenor Andreas Scholl, who says that the high male voice in which he sings is something he produces naturally, not something he specially cultivates. He makes you believe it. The diverse program is logically organized, with Baroque arias of various kinds surrounding a central core of quieter material, and sonically Decca has made a convincing whole out of material with various producers and recording locales. So listeners in search of a sampling of the work of one of the world's A-list countertenors can buy with confidence. If you're buying by the track online, start with track 8, the aria "Cara sposa" (Dear fiancée) from Handel's opera Rinaldo. It offers numerous examples of Scholl's awe-inspiring lower register, which seems to rise mysteriously out of nowhere and envelop you like one of those clouds of galactic matter into which the Starship Enterprise would wander from time to time. Nobody else can make a held note sparkle and gleam with shifting surfaces like Scholl can. For those who've heard Scholl in the past, the album likewise offers a worthwhile overview. Several observations may strike Scholl fans. Scholl is masterly in varying his style slightly to match the particular Baroque composer he is working with; for Gluck he cultivates a creamy smoothness, while for the castrato arias of Handel's time he's temperamental and a bit petulant – just right. He is very beautiful but just a little less entrancing in the traditional songs in the middle of the program – for all his emphasis on beauty of sound, there's also a dimension of acting, of an interior world being communicated and made to match the significance of a text, to what Scholl does, and where he doesn't have access to that theatrical quality he loses something. (The most successful of the traditional songs is also the oddest choice – the Korean song Ar ri rang, which like many other nationally emblematic songs has a quality of longing that gives Scholl what he needs.) The sacred arias by Vivaldi included here, on the other hand, are not exactly dramatic, but the fit between his voice and Vivaldi's vocal lines, which build up tension by covering a widening range, is something really rare and fine. It is also worth noting that Scholl is one of the few Germans who manages to sing English like a native. Strongly recommended to anyone who loves beautiful singing of any kind.

AllMusic

Track List:

1. "Ombra mai fu" - Andreas Scholl, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Roger Norrington
2. Aria: "Che farт senza Euridice?" - Andreas Scholl, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Roger Norrington
3. "Ad te clamamus" (Allegro) - Andreas Scholl, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer
4. Dove sei, amato bene? - Andreas Scholl, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
5. Stabat Mater - Barbara Bonney, Andreas Scholl, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
6. "Cum dederit" (Andante) - Andreas Scholl, Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Paul Dyer
7. Lidia, il sonno sai cos'e? - Andreas Scholl, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
8. "Cara sposa" - Andreas Scholl, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
9. Blow the Wind Southerly - Andreas Scholl, Edin Karamazov, Stacey Shames, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
10. The salley gardens - Andreas Scholl, Stacey Shames, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
11. A-Ri-Rang (Korean Traditional) - Arr. Jung Lee, Sonia Slany, Hyun-Sun Na - Andreas Scholl, Hyun-Sun Na
12. How Sweet The Moonlight [The Merchant of Venice] - Andreas Scholl, Baroque String Quartet, Siobhan Armstrong, Harvey Brough, Elizabeth Kenny
13. In darkness let me dwell - Andreas Scholl, Edin Karamazov
14. Amarilli mia bella - Andreas Scholl, Edin Karamazov
15. La pietа che ancor non trova - Andreas Scholl, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
16. "Va'per le vene il sangue" - Andreas Scholl, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
17. Aure, deh, per pietа - Andreas Scholl, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
18. "Al Lampo dell'armi" - Andreas Scholl, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone

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