Fans of the Three Tenors should be warned that Three Baroque Tenors has virtually nothing in common with the Pavarotti/Domingo/Carreras phenomenon. There is only one tenor here, Ian Bostridge, singing repertoire originally composed for three early 18th century tenors with extraordinary but very different gifts: Annabile Po Fabri, Francesco Borosini, and John Beard. Almost all of the arias are from operas or semi-operas, and while a few are somewhat familiar, most of the selections are obscure, and several are recorded here ...
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Fans of the Three Tenors should be warned that Three Baroque Tenors has virtually nothing in common with the Pavarotti/Domingo/Carreras phenomenon. There is only one tenor here, Ian Bostridge, singing repertoire originally composed for three early 18th century tenors with extraordinary but very different gifts: Annabile Po Fabri, Francesco Borosini, and John Beard. Almost all of the arias are from operas or semi-operas, and while a few are somewhat familiar, most of the selections are obscure, and several are recorded here for the first time. It would have been easier to discern the three singers' individuality and idiosyncrasies had the pieces for each been grouped together, but there is no discernible rationale for the order of the program. It takes a close reading of the program notes to try to sort out which arias were written for which singer, and not all the pieces are accounted for, so the unique premise of the album is undercut by poor packaging decisions. The coloratura tenor is a voice type...
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