Domenico Mancini, student of last castrato Alessandro Moreschi sings Bach/Gounod Ave Maria - 1930 скачать в хорошем качестве

Domenico Mancini, student of last castrato Alessandro Moreschi sings Bach/Gounod Ave Maria - 1930

Domenico M. Mancini (Civita Castellana, 1891 – Roma, 1984) was a student of castrato Alessandro Moreschi and a falsettist singer in Vatican choirs from the 1930s the 1950s. In an interview with Mancini (   • Interview with Domenico Mancini, falsettis...  ), he discusses his training with Moreschi, Moreschi's voice, and Mancini's own first attempt to hear his voice via recording—a recording that he was disappointed by for its technical shortcomings. This, presumably, is that recording. Compare this to Moreschi's recording (   • Alessandro Moreschi sings Ave Maria (no sc...  ). The degree to which Mancini has absorbed and re-articulated Moreschi's approach and inflection—consciously or unconsciously—is remarkable. It is, as Mancini states in the interview, "a souvenir of an epoch." #castrato #soprano #falsetto _