Fantastic Cencic

CD1

1. Rossini: Semiramide - Act I – Eccomi alfine in Babilonia… Ah, quel giorno Arsace
2. Rossini: Semiramide - Act II – In sì barbara sciagura Arsace, Choir
3. Rossini: La donna del lago - Act I – Mura felici Malcolm
4. Rossini: Tancredi - Act I – Oh patria! Dolce e ingrata patria Tancredi
5. Rossini: Aureliano in Palmira - Act II – Dolci silvestri... Perché mai le luci apprimo Arsace
6. Giacomelli: Merope - Act III - Sposa... non mi conosci Epitide
7. Gasparini: Flavio Anicio Olibrio - Act I - Dolce mio ben, mia vita Flavio
8. Porta: La costanza combattuta in amore - Act III - Mormorando quelle fronde Eumene
9. Caldara: Adriano in Siria - Act III - Barbaro non comprendo Adriano
10. Vivaldi: La verità in cimento, RV 739 - Act I - Mi vuoi tradir lo so Melindo

CD2

1. Vivaldi: Farnace, RV 711-G - Act III - Gelido in ogni vena Farnace
2. Vivaldi: Farnace, RV 711-G - Act II - Gemo in un punto e fremo Farnace
3. Vinci: Artaserse - Act II - Va’ tra le selve ircane Mandane
4. Gluck: Ezio - Act II - Dubbioso amante Valentiniano
5. Gluck: Ezio - Act I - Se tu la reggi al volo Valentiniano
6. Handel: Faramondo, HWV 39 - Act I - Sebben mi lusinga Faramondo
7. Handel: Faramondo, HWV 39 - Act III - Voglio che sia l’indegno Faramondo
8. Handel: Faramondo, HWV 39 - Act III - Virtù, che rende Faramondo, Coro
9. Handel: Fernando, Re di Castiglia, HWV 30 - Act I - Sì, sì minaccia Sancio
10. Handel: Arianna in Creta, HWV 32 - Qual leon che fere irato Tauride
11. Handel: Imeneo, HWV 41 - Act II - Sorge nell'alma mia Tirinto
12. Handel: Floridante, HWV 14 - Act I - Alma mia Floridante
13. Handel: Tamerlano, HWV 18 - Act I - Benché mi sprezzi Andronico
14. Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11 - Act II - Pena tiranna Dardano

CD3 EARLY RECORDINGS

1. Schubert: Ständchen, D. 957
2. Schubert: Das Fischermädchen, D. 957
3. Schubert: Die Taubenpost, D. 957
4. Schubert: Romanze, D. 797
5. Schubert: Die Vögel, D. 661
6. Mendelssohn: Neue Liebe
7. Mendelssohn: Bei der Wiege
8. Mendelssohn: Nachtlied
9. Mahler: Ablösung im Sommer
10. Mahler: Hans und Grete
11. Schumann: Mondnacht
12. Schumann: Widmung
13. Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D. 965
14. Strauss: Die Nacht
15. Strauss: Cäcilie
16. Strauss: Zueignung
17. Handel: Samson, HWV 57: Let the Bright Seraphim
18. Fauré: Requiem: Pie Jesu
19. Bach: St John Passion, BWV 245: Zerflieβe mein Herze
20. Verdi: Un ballo in maschera: Canzone di Oscar
21. Schumann: Der Nuβbaum
22. Schubert: Die Forelle, D. 550 (The Trout)
23. Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen Walzer

Even in an age of thrilling countertenors, Max Emanuel Cencic stands out for the heroic scale and brilliance of his voice, his expansive lyricism, and his imagination and enterprise in choice of repertoire. Cencic has excelled as both a soprano and a mezzo-soprano, and Fantastic Cencic showcases his extraordinary interpretative range – from the great and lesser-known masters of the Baroque to the bel canto of Rossini and composers of the Romantic era from Schubert to Strauss. The third of these three CDs comprises recordings from the early 1990s, shortly after Cencic left the Wiener Sängerknaben, which are released here for the first time.