Anima Aeterna

Description

THE NEW EVENT ALBUM BY COUNTERTENOR STAR JAKUB JOZEF ORLINSKI. WITH THE EXCEPTIONAL PARTICIPATION OF SOPRANO FATMA SAID. A bold album of sacred arias and 18th-century motets, Anima Aeterna, the new album by the young countertenor, is a continuation of Anima Sacra, which in 2018 spectacularly launched Jakub Józef Orlinski’s recording career. Its program — featuring Zelenka, Haendel, Fux, as well as the lesser-known Gennaro Manna, Francisco António de Almeida, Bartolomeo Nucciet (on the vinyl version) and Davide Perez — contains several world premieres. In Zelenka’s dazzling Laetatus sum, Jakub Orlinski is joined by the enchanting soprano Fatma Said, while Francesco Corti conducts the orchestra and choir Il Pomo d'Oro. "The shadows and colors specific to sacred music of the Baroque era still touch our souls today. Anima Aeterna means eternal soul, which, for me, is equivalent to the idea of nature ... something eminently vital, wild and dangerous but at the same time fundamentally calm, hypnotic and soothing." --- J.J. Orlinski ---. "An artistic and musical personality out of the ordinary." --- Le Figaro ---. "The countertenor who moves the whole world, and rightly so." --- Télérama ---.