Duetti – review

Jaroussky/Cencic/Les Arts Florissants/ChristieThere are two counter-tenors for the price of one in this ravishing collection of early 18th-century Italian chamber duets, solo and duet cantatas, mostly pastoral and all originally composed for castrati. The recording followed Philippe Jaroussky and Max Emanuel Cencic's tour of the same programme with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants last year. Each singer gets a solo spot – the sweeter-toned, softer-grained Jaroussky has Mancini's Quan...

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