El Maestro Farinelli Concerto Köln & Pablo Heras-Casado feat. Bejun Mehta

• 1 Overture 04:00
• 2 Overture 04:27
• 3 Allegro 04:08
• 4 Andante sempre 01:54
• 5 Allegro 03:24
• 6 Tempestad grande 02:50
• 7 Allegro assai 04:03
• 8 Andante moderato 03:34
• 9 Allegro 03:25
• 10 Baile de las máscaras 05:02
• 11 Overture 03:35
• 12 Alto Giove, è tua grazia 08:31
• 13 Seguidilla From Amar y ser amado y la divina Philotea 01:29
• 14 Seguidilla From Para obsequio a la deydad, nunca es culto la crueldad, y Iphigenia en Tracia 00:54
• 15 Seguidilla From Vendado es amor, no es ciego 01:13
• 16 Canción From Viento es la dicha de amor 01:08
• 17 Seguidilla From Donde hay violencia no hay culpa (1) 02:39
• 18 Seguidilla From Donde hay violencia no hay culpa (2) 00:58
• 19 Periodical Overture 05:49
• 20 Overture 05:29
• Total Runtime 01:08:32

Info for El Maestro Farinelli

Pablo Heras-Casado, “one of the most exciting conductors of his generation” (Die Welt), makes his Archiv Produktion debut performing instrumental and vocal music associated with Farinelli, the legendary 18th-century castrato who served as impresario and court musician to the kings of Spain.

This new album with works of Baroque composers like Hasse, Porpora and Jomelli represents a fine selection of pieces, which Farinelli presented during his time as concert master/conductor in Madrid and Aranjuez. El Maestro Farinelli features eight world premier recordings, including some arias sung by Bejun Mehta, “the best countertenor in the world” (Süddeutsche Zeitung).

As well as being a world class conductor, Heras-Casado prides himself on being fluent in Spanish, English, Italian & French.

Bejun Mehta, counter-tenor
Concerto Köln
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

Recorded at Probenstudio 7–8/2013 in Cologne, Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal, 1/2014 (tracks 6, 12)
Engineered by Markus Heiland
Recorded and mastered by Tritonus Musikproduktion GmbH
Produced by Sid McLauchlan
Executive Producer: Angelika Meissner

Concerto Köln (COK)
For more than 25 years Concerto Köln has been one of the leading ensembles in the field of historical performance. Their energetic style of playing has earned them great popularity and regular invitations to appear in renowned concert halls and at festivals around the globe. Markus Hoffmann, Mayumi Hirasaki and Shunske Sato are the orchestra’s permanent concertmasters, with Martin Sandhoff as artistic director since 2005. A partnership with the leading High End Audio specialists, MBL, was established in October of 2009 . The ensemble receives additional support from the Minister for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of the State of North-Rhine Westphalia and the TÜV Rheinland. Since 2008 Concerto Köln and the Berlin Classics label have been working closely together. Their recording of Henri-Joseph Rigel’s Symphonies won an Echo Klassik Award in 2009 and the MI- DEM Classic Award in 2010.

With numerous works having been released earlier on other labels, Concerto Köln’s discography now extends to more than 60 albums, many of which have collected prizes such as the Echo Klassik, the Grammy Award, the German Record Critics’ “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik”, the MIDEM Classic Award, Choc du Monde de la Musique, Diapason d’Année and the Diapason d’ Or.

A trademark of the ensemble is the rediscovery of composers whose music has remained in the shadows of greater names. Henri- Joseph Rigel is not the only beneficiary of Concerto Köln’s efforts in this regard. Works by Joseph Martin Kraus and Evaristo Felice dall’Abaco have also enjoyed a Renaissance. The intermeshing of research and practice is especially important for the ensemble and plays a vital role in their musical approach. With this recording of the Brandenburg Concertos, Concerto Köln draws an arc to their 2010 release of Bach‘s Orchestral Suites. The reference to the Hofkapelle in Köthen acts as the golden thread bonding the two recordings. A special thank you goes out to the Kunststiftung NRW and to Deutschlandfunk whose help and support was fundamental in the realization of these projects.

Booklet for El Maestro Farinelli