Giovanni Battista Velluti (1780-1861) was one of the last of the larger-than-life castrati who had dominated operatic life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Velluti, though, spent his career almost entirely in the Romantic era, singing the music of his day. His style of ornamentation attracted widespread admiration and set the standard for the prime donne who were emerging as the stars of their age in operas by such composers as Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti. Here the American male soprano Robert Crowe recreates Velluti's extraordinary sound-world, in a recording that helps explain why such diverse luminaries as Stendhal, Mary Shelley and the Duke of Wellington admired Velluti as one of the most accomplished and inventive singers of his time.

Tracklist:

Carlo Magno (Excerpts Arr. For Voice & Piano): Sinfonia
Carlo Magno (Excerpts Arr. For Voice & Piano): Ecco, O Numi
Carlo Magno (Excerpts Arr. For Voice & Piano): Ah Quando Cesserà
Ciro In Babilonia (Arr. For Voice & Piano): T'abbracio, Ti Stringo
L’amor Timido (Excerpts Arr. For Voice & Piano): Sinfonia
L’amor Timido (Excerpts Arr. For Voice & Piano): Che Vuoi Mio Cor?
L’amor Timido (Excerpts Arr. For Voice & Piano): T'intendo Mio Cor
6 Variations On "Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento," Woo 70
8 Variations On "Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento": Theme
8 Variations On "Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento": Var. 1
8 Variations On "Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento": Var. 2
8 Variations On "Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento": Var. 3
8 Variations On "Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento": Var. 4
8 Variations On "Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento": Var. 5
8 Variations On "Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento": Var. 6
8 Variations On "Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento": Var. 7
8 Variations On "Nel Cor Più Non Mi Sento": Var. 8
L’amor Timido (Excerpts Arr. For Voice & Piano): Placido Zeffiretto
Tebaldo E Isolina (Excerpts Arr. For Voice & Piano): Sinfonia
Tebaldo E Isolina (Excerpts Arr. For Voice & Piano): Notte Tremenda
Tebaldo E Isolina (Excerpts Arr. For Voice & Piano): Caro Suono Lusinghier
Rondo Brillant On A Venetian Air
Ah Can I Think Of Days Gone By?

UPC: 5060640070080
Label: Toccata
Release Date: 8.28.20
Format: CD

Romantic Castrato / Various - Romantic Castrato (CD)