Inferno
Orlando di Lasso
Emneord
Anmeldelser (4)
MusicWeb international
2021 September
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Glyn Pursglove
2021 September
"Recommended: Francesco Rasi could certainly be described as one of the 'star' tenors of the early years of opera ... The tenor Emiliano Gonzalez Toro ... clearly, and understandably, finds Rasi a very interesting figure ... Listening to this disc, the hearer's mind is fully engaged with the text, because Emiliano Gonzalez Toro's voice and mind are. While never pedantic, Gonzalez Toro's attention to the text is always exact, always concerned to communicate its meaning clearly ... I find this disc thoroughly enjoyable ... I find the eloquent clarity of Gonzalez Toro's singing both striking and rewarding".
BBC music magazine
2021 July
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Anthony Pryer
2021 July
"Many vocal skills we now admire in opera were born in the early 17th century. These performances centre upon the techniques of the early solo singer-composers, wonderfully resurrected here by the ravishing and sometimes mercurial vocal wizardry of the Swiss-Chilean tenor Emiliano Gonzalez Toro ... Exceptional musicianship abounds, notably in the sensitive, varied exchanges between voice and accompaniment".
Klassisk
2021, nr. 62
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Henrik Engelbrecht
2021, nr. 62
"Tenoren Francesco Rasi sang titelpartiet i Monteverdis 'L'Orfeo' ved urpremieren i 1607 ... Nu har tenoren Emiliano Gonzalez Toro og musikforskeren Mathilde Etienne samlet musik af Rasi og hans venner til et album i topklasse, når det gælder at bringe renæssancemusik til live i dag. Toro har en eminent fleksibilitet i stemmen i de hurtige passager, synger med både saft og kraft, når der er brug for det - og skalerer udtrykket ned i de sarteste nuancer andre steder. Ensemblet I Gemelli leverer fuldendt og medlevende akkompagnement ... Varmt anbefalet!".
The gramophone
2021 July
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Richard Lawrence
2021 July
"Francesco Rasi was a tenor at the Gonzaga court ... Rasi was also a composer, and Mathilde Etienne ... and Emiliano Gonzalez Toro have had the excellent idea of featuring songs by him along with pieces by contemporaries ... Emiliano Gonzales Toro honours his predecessor almost to perfection ... Gonzalez has a beautiful voice, which he deploys with skill and sensitivity. The roulades are dispatched with vigour and accuracy, and time and again I find in my notes the word: 'delicacy'. The excellent continuo group of viola da gamba, theorbo and harp gets the chance to shine in preludes and interludes, and a couple of solos too".