Quickly becoming known as one of the most
exciting conductors of his generation, Pablo Heras-Casado is set to make
his album debut, El Maestro Farinelli, on the recently re-launched
label, Archiv Produktion for Deutsche Grammophon. Available May 27,
2014, this new album marks Heras-Casado’s return to his core repertoire
and musical heritage, performing instrumental and vocal music associated
with Farinelli, the legendary 18th-century castrato singer who served
as impresario and court musician to the kings of Spain.
With El Maestro Farinelli, Archiv Produktion offered Heras-Casado the
opportunity to choose what music to conduct from the Farinelli period,
focusing on neglected operas where many orchestral scores had been
destroyed in a palace fire in the 19-century and ultimately those that
survived had to be transcribed by hand. This album features a rare world
premiere of eight recordings with some arias sung by noted countertenor
Bejun Mehta as well as including the works of Baroque composers like
Hasse, Porpora and Jomelli, which Farinelli presented during his time as
concert master in Madrid and Aranjuez.
Enjoying a diverse conducting career thus far, Pablo Heras-Casado has
encompassed the great symphonic and operatic repertoire,
historically-informed performance, cutting-edge contemporary scores, and
has already developed a special rapport with a number of soloists,
orchestras and opera houses.
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