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...even Handel's longest-standing fans may find themselves marvelling anew at their composer's encyclopaedic mastery of the vocal melody...Cencic shows himself exceptionally alert to vocal colour... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 8th Mar 2010
Catalogue No: 6945740
Label: Erato
Length: 64 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

August 2010

Opera Choice

Excerpt, Handel: Imeneo

Work length5:03

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis
Recorded: 2009-07-14
Recording Venue: 14-21 July 2009. Palazzo die Congressi, Lugano

Sorge nell'alma mia

Track length5:03

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Excerpt, Handel: Floridante

Work length5:17

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis
Recorded: 2009-07-14
Recording Venue: 14-21 July 2009. Palazzo die Congressi, Lugano

Alma mia

Track length5:17

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Excerpt, Handel: Arianna in Creta HWV 32

Work length5:02

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis
Recorded: 2009-07-14
Recording Venue: 14-21 July 2009. Palazzo die Congressi, Lugano

Salda quercia, inerta balza

Track length5:02

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Excerpt, Handel: Tamerlano

Work length5:50

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis
Recorded: 2009-07-14
Recording Venue: 14-21 July 2009. Palazzo die Congressi, Lugano

Benché mi sprezzi

Track length5:50

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Excerpt, Handel: Serse

Work length5:15

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis
Recorded: 2009-07-14
Recording Venue: 14-21 July 2009. Palazzo die Congressi, Lugano

Se bramate d'amar chi vi sdegna

Track length5:15

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Excerpt, Handel: Amadigi di Gaula

Work length5:17

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis
Recorded: 2009-07-14
Recording Venue: 14-21 July 2009. Palazzo die Congressi, Lugano

Pena tiranna

Track length5:17

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Excerpt, Handel: Arianna in Creta HWV 32

Work length5:01

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis
Recorded: 2009-07-14
Recording Venue: 14-21 July 2009. Palazzo die Congressi, Lugano

Qual leon che fere irato

Track length5:01

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Excerpt, Handel: Parnasso in Festa, HWV73

Work length5:37

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis
Recorded: 2009-07-14
Recording Venue: 14-21 July 2009. Palazzo die Congressi, Lugano

Non tardate Fauni ancora

Track length5:37

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Excerpt, Handel: Agrippina

Work length4:12

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis
Recorded: 2009-07-14
Recording Venue: 14-21 July 2009. Palazzo die Congressi, Lugano

Come nube, che fugge dal vento

Track length4:12

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Excerpt, Handel: Radamisto

Work length8:00

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis
Recorded: 2009-07-14
Recording Venue: 14-21 July 2009. Palazzo die Congressi, Lugano

Ombra cara

Track length8:00

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Excerpt, Handel: Orlando

Work length5:56

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis
Recorded: 2009-07-14
Recording Venue: 14-21 July 2009. Palazzo die Congressi, Lugano

Verdi allori

Track length5:56

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Excerpt, Handel: Parnasso in Festa, HWV73

Work length3:30

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Max Emanuel Cenčić (countertenor)
I Barocchisti
Diego Fasolis
Recorded: 2009-07-14
Recording Venue: 14-21 July 2009. Palazzo die Congressi, Lugano

Lunga serie d'alti eroi

Track length3:30

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This was the response of Classique News to Max Emmanuel Cencic’s first recital for Virgin Classics, released in 2007 and since awarded the Orphée d'Or by the Académie du Disque Lyrique. The German website KlassikInfo judged that: “It would not be possible to sing Malcolm’s arias from La donna del lago with more beauty and erotic charge, from the dark velvety depths to the brilliant top notes … a wonderful CD to combat a bad mood on a rainy Sunday afternoons …”, while the Rossini expert Richard Osborne, writing in Gramophone observed that: “The singing of Viennese countertenor Max Emmanuel Cencic is distinguished by good rhythm, crisp divisions and clear, expressive word use. The range these roles require sits comfortably on his voice. The G below the stave is rounded and full, the two octaves beyond are clear and bright … Cencic's musicianship is generally impeccable: a tribute to the values instilled in him during his time in the Vienna Boys' Choir which he left in 1992, nine years before his decision to ‘re-create’ himself as a countertenor.”

After that foray into the early Romantic era -- heroic arias written for female mezzo sopranos to perform in male disguise – Cencic returns to core countertenor repertoire with this programme of Handel. When Cencic performed the role of Sesto in Giulio Cesare on stage in Toulouse in 2006, ResMusica described him as a “true phenomenon”.

Handel retains a prominent position in Cencic’s performance schedule. Among operas by the composer that he has performed are Giulio Cesare, Tamerlano, Fernando, Serse, Ottone and Faramondo – his complete Virgin Classics recording of this work was designated a Diapason ‘Découverte’ in March 2009, also being selected for Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice in July 2009. The Daily Telegraph wrote of the recording that: “The cast is notable for the flamboyant contributions of the impressive young countertenors Max Emanuel Cencic (in the title role) and Philippe Jaroussky. Strongly recommended to diehard Handel fans.”

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August 2010

...even Handel's longest-standing fans may find themselves marvelling anew at their composer's encyclopaedic mastery of the vocal melody...Cencic shows himself exceptionally alert to vocal colour and capable of tinting and illuminating the words without ever pulling the phrases out of shape. On the simplest level, he makes these tunes irresistable.

August 2010

Cencic's almost reckless brilliance is immediately on show in the ferocious 'Sorge nell'alma mia'...as a portrait of jealous frustration this is startlingly vivid, with hyperactive Barocchisti dancing as if on hot coals...This is a thrilling Handel recital, with Fasolis and his band complementing Cencic in sensitivity and virtuosity.

August 2014

The remarkable Croatian-born high countertenor Max Cencic dazzles with coruscating coloratura in arias from Serse, Agrippina, Imeneo and more on this 2010 recital with I Barocchisti and Diego Fasolis. He's equally affecting in long-breathed laments from Floridante and Radamisto.

8th April 2010

Cencic's powerhouse countertenor is compellingly beautiful but also phenomenally androgynous...Just when you think Cencic is indulging in too much bravura, he stops you in your tracks with slow arias...sung with an unaffected simplicity...Intelligent, provocative stuff, and absolutely outstanding.

5th March 2010

Cencic possesses a poise and flexibility of tone which bestows a calm nobility even during the more animated passages of 'Salda Quercia, in Erta Balza' from Arianna In Creta; while 'Pena Tiranna' from Amadigi Di Gaula and 'Ombra Cara' from Radamisto are occupied with a courtly grace.

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