The recording features 18th-century arias and motets by composers such as Zelenka, Handel, Fux, de Almeida and Nucci. Orliński is partnered by the instrumentalists of Il Pomo d’Oro conducted by Francesco Corti.
It is Orliński’s third solo album, following the highly acclaimed Anima Sacra and Facce d’amore released on the same label in 2018 and 2020.
The Gramophone magazine writes in its review of the disc that it “reinforces Orliński as one of the most striking young talents not just in countertenor singing but in Baroque music more broadly.”
On November 23, Orliński will make his Metropolitan Opera debut in New York as Orpheus’s Double in Eurydice, a new take on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus by American composer Matthew Aucoin.
The subsequent performances are on November 27 and 30, and on December 4, 8, 11 and 16.
The December 4 performance will be brought to cinemas across the globe as part of the Met’s Live in the HD series.
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