Castrapolis – Neapolitan Cantatas & Arias / Balducci, Laurin, Dolci Affetti

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Release Date
October 7, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Anonymous, Traditional, Domenico Auletta, Johann Adolph Hasse, Giuseppe Porsile, Domenico Natale Sar
    • PERFORMER
      Nicolo Balducci, Anna Paradiso, Dohyo Sol, Dolci Affetti, Dan Laurin
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 07, 2022
    • UPC
      7318599925851
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-2585
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Ciro riconosciuto, Act I: Aria: Non piangete, amati rai

      Composer: Johann Adolf Hasse

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    2. Aria: Sventurato chi piagato

      Composer: Giuseppe Porsile

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    3. Aria: Tu sei crudel così

      Composer: Giuseppe Porsile

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    4. Aria: Apri Cirene i lumi

      Composer: Giuseppe Porsile

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    5. Aria: Fiero sdegno dell'alma guerriero

      Composer: Giuseppe Porsile

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    6. Aria: Quel volto vezzoso

      Composer: Giuseppe Porsile

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    7. Aria: Mi preparo a trionfar

      Composer: Giuseppe Porsile

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    8. Sinfonia

      Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    9. Recitative: Quella pace gradita

      Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    10. Aria: Crudel tiranno Amore

      Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    11. Recitative: O voi selve beate

      Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    12. Aria: Care selve soggiorni di quiete

      Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    13. Recitative: Lungi, lungi da me tiranno Amore

      Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    14. Aria: Teco o mesta Tortorella

      Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    15. I. Allegro

      Composer: Domenico Auletta

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Anna Paradiso

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    16. II. Larghetto

      Composer: Domenico Auletta

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Anna Paradiso

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    17. III. Allegro

      Composer: Domenico Auletta

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Anna Paradiso

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    18. Dimmi bel neo che fai

    19. Recitative: Dimmi bel neo che fai

      Composer: Domenico Natale Sarro

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    20. Aria: Così amor mi dasse in sorte

      Composer: Domenico Natale Sarro

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    21. Recitative.: No m'inganna il pensiero

      Composer: Domenico Natale Sarro

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    22. Aria: Che vaneggia quest’ alma smarrita

      Composer: Domenico Natale Sarro

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    23. Recitative: Si neo chiamarti deggio

      Composer: Domenico Natale Sarro

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    24. Aria: Si tu puoi darli ò cara

      Composer: Domenico Natale Sarro

      Ensemble: Dolci Affetti

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci

      Conductor: Dan Laurin

    25. Tarantella del Gargano [17th Century]

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Nicolò Balducci, Dohyo Sol


During the 17th and 18th centuries, Naples’ fame as a musical center attracted travelers, composers, instrumentalists and virtuoso singers alike. Among the aspiring musicians, the most highly-trained and sought-after were the castrati, promising boys aged between 8 and 12 who were subjected to an operation intended to preserve the exceptionally pure timbre of their treble voice. Forever virginal beings whose superhuman voices mesmerized their listeners, they were nicknamed angiolilli, ‘little angels’, and sang in the most important churches and theatres of ‘Castrapolis’, a term coined to describe the southern capital and its high concentration of castrato sopranos.

Nicolò Balducci is one of the rapidly rising countertenors and sopranists of his generation. Together with the ensemble Dolci Affetti, directed by the renowned recorder player Dan Laurin, he here performs arias and cantatas by Hasse, Porsile, Sarro and Alessandro Scarlatti. All four composers were associated with Naples and knew how to highlight these extraordinary voices, at a time when opera and the chamber cantata represented the most fashionable musical genres both in Italy and abroad. The program is completed with a concerto for harpsichord by Domenico Auletta, with Anna Paradiso performing the solo part.