“Mozart – Castrato Arias”
(Sofia Symphony Orchestra)

Arno Argos Raunig – Sopranist, Countertenor
Paul Weigold – Condactor (Symphony Orchestra Sofia).

11+1 best castrati arias::

Mozart – Castrato Arias. Arno Argos Raunig

• Le nozze di Figaro: Aria di Cherubino “Voi che sapete”
• La finta giardiniera: Aria di Ramiro “Va pure ad altri in braccio”
• La clemenza di Tito: Aria di Sesto “Parto, parto, ma tu ben mio“
• Mitridate: Aria di Sifare “Parto: Nel gran cimento”
• La clemenza di Tito: Aria di Sesto “Deh, per questo istante solo”
• Idomeneo: Aria di Idamante “Non ho colpa”
• Mitridate: Aria di Sifare “Lungi da te, mio bene”
• La finta giardiniera: Aria di Ramiro “Se l’ augellin sen fugge”
• Idomeneo: Aria di Idamante “Il padre adorato”
• Il re pastore: Aria di Aminta “Aer tranquillo e di sereni”
• Lucio Silla: Aria di Cecilio “Quest’ improvviso tremito”
• Il re pastore: Aria di Aminta Rondeaux “L’ amero, saro costante”

About Album

Mozart´s operas could not be thought of without the “primo uomo”, the male star of every baroque operastage (whether soprano, mezzo or alto).

Throughout his complete vocal work up to his penultimate opera (La clemenza di Tito), the castratovoice plays a crucial part.
The unmistakable timbre of a male soprano was an essential component of Mozart´s compositorial thinking and sound.
Thus his works gain subtelty of nuance and colouring.

The 11 presented arias were composed exclusively for castrato voice.
The critics say about Arno Argos Raunig: “the living Farinelli“ with the “virtuosity of a Paganini”, his voice is able to modulate
from the highest metal to the softest timbre. From calm and tender passages to the strongest hardest attacks, this voice is an impressive multifarious.

You feel relegated into the time of Belcanto, into the time of the great castrato singers.
Let you fall into the world of Arno Argos Raunig and feel the spirit of a new musical world!

11+1 Best arias from castrates, which sung for Mozart:
Pietro Benedetti as Sifare 1770
Venanzio Rauzzini as Cecilio 1772
Tommaso Consoli as Ramiro and Aminta 1775
Vincenzo dal Prato as Idamante 1781
Domenico Bedini as Sextus 1791