The castrato Alessandro Moreschi , "The Angel of Rome", was the last important representative of a guild that belonged in the era of singer deification; a species of singer that fascinated audiences for two whole centuries and was quite capable of sending listeners into raptures. He has left behind unique recordings, documents of a dying art - his was the only castrato singing that was ever recorded. This outstanding vocal artist is to be heard performing religious arias by Palestrina, Bach, Mozart and Rossini, among others.

CD-Tracklisting

Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)

Petite Messe solennelle

1. Crucifixus 3‘03


Leibach

Dies Irae

2.  Pie Jesu 3‘01


Eugenio Terziani (1824-1889)

3.  Hostias et preces 2‘48


Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) / Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

4.  Ave Maria 3‘14


Canto Gregoriano

5.  Incipit Lamentatio 3‘04


Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868)

Petite Messe solennelle

6.  Crucifixus 3‘05


Giovanni Aldega (1815-1862)

Petite Messe solenelle

7. Domine salvum fac Pontificem nostrum Leonem 2‘42


Luigi Pratesi (1806-1871)

8. Et incarnatus est – Crucifixus 2‘51


Salvatore Meluzzi (1813-1897)

9.  Ave verum 2‘33


Gustavo Edoardo Stehle (1839-1915)

10.  Tui sunt Coeli 2‘25


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

11.  Ave verum 2‘45


Gaetano Capocci (1811-1898)

Messa di San Bonaventura

12.  Laudamus te 3‘19


Tomaso Ludovico 

Vittoria (1548-1611)

13.  Improperia 2‘29


Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)

14. La cruda mia nemica 3‘12


Emilio Calzanera

15. Oremus pro Pontifice 4‘12


Francesco Paolo Tosti (1846-1916)

16.  Ideale 2‘25

17.  Preghiera 3‘09


Alessandro Moreschi
(Kastrat / castrato)

Coro della Cappella Sistina (8-16) 

aufg. / recorded in: 
1902 (1, 7-11, 16), 1904 (2-6, 12-15, 17)