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Reviewer: David
Vickers
Countertenor
Hansen
...
chart the legacy of
the great Farinelli
Four arias recorded by David Hansen were also written for Farinelli. The remaining five were each written for different castrati of inconsistent relevance to the conceptual theme
of ‘Rivals’.
This recital focuses entirely on the isolated musical veneer of decontextualised
arias without consistent sense of dramatic contexts or characterisations. The
flamboyant Vinci arias that bookend the anthology show Hansen’s confident
projection, agility and expressive use of embellishments, although the highest
reaches of his tessitura risk sounding disconnected and thin. Copious reams of
difficult passages are hurled out in a version of ‘Son qual nave’ that seems to
have been considerably recomposed by Farinelli in 1753 (nearly 20 years after he
had sung his brother’s original version in London) but its impact is curiously
superficial. Hansen’s middle range offers melodic expressiveness and dramatic
compassion, especially in Gualtiero’s remorseful ‘Cara sposa’ from Antonio Maria
Bononcini’s Griselda (1718); the older style of the contrapuntal string
parts and melancholic voice part shows that Hansen has immense talent to offer
in the right roles. The capable playing of Academia Montis Regalis offers plenty
of momentum but not always sufficient charm.
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