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"Editor's choices - November 2020: Forgotten jewels of a rather different hue also abound on this world-premiere-stuffed collection of highlights from oratorios by baroque composers with Italian connections, including Johann Adolf Hasse, Pietro Torri and Nicola Fago. Jaroussky's eternally boyish countertenor might not seem the most obvious vehicle for the Old Testament God's furious lambasting of Moses in the virtuoso aria from Fortunato Chelleri's Dio sul Sinai, but the authority of his singing (and of Artaserse's incisive instrumentalists) ultimately sweeps all before it".

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"CD der Woche: Es gibt sie schon, die andächtigen, spürbar religiösen Momente. Etwa, wenn Philippe Jaroussky mit weichem Timbre säuselt, umrankt vom Orchester mit einer Sonderrolle für die Sologeige. Da könnte man sich den französischen Countertenor gut als Engelsstimme vorstellen, getragen von den Flügelschlägen der Violine ... Philippe Jaroussky und das Ensemble Artarserse entfachen packende Dramatik - auch wenn der Klang des Sängers dabei nie richtig scharf oder hart wird ... Die Interpreten erwecken die Musik zu neuem Leben und bescheren uns einige herrliche Entdeckungen. Ein tolles Barockalbum mit einem aussergewöhnlichen Sänger".

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"Philippe Jaroussky has come up with a typically enterprising selection of Italian Baroque oratorio arias, almost all written for castrato, several recorded for the first time ... These assorted biblical and allegorical figures, even ... grieve, rage and meditate in essentially the same idiom as their counterparts in 'opera seria'. The crucial thing is that their music is consistently compelling ... With his sensuous, sweetly rounded timbre - more counter-soprano than counter-tenor - Jaroussky is a perfect fit for the sorrowful and reflective arias that predominate ... In fast arias Jaroussky always deploys his coloratura brilliance in the service of drama ... Throughout, the players of Artaserse match him in sensitivity and dramatic flair ... No Jaroussky fan is going to want to miss this recital, adventurously planned and executed with the singer's trademark mix of refinement and bravado".