In the coming years, countertenor Randall Scotting records several albums of varied repertoire. The first, The Crown, heroic arias for Senesino, which was recorded with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and released by Signum Classic in September 2022, received ⋆⋆⋆⋆ from BBC Music Magazine. They noted that Randall ‘lets loose a ravishing vocalism’ while building on the castrato Senesino’s legacy by ‘applying deep colours, muscular core, and baritonal chest register to probe a huge range of feelings’.
The second album, Lovesick, 17th-century songs of heartbreak and solitude, will be released in February 2022, also by Signum Classics. For this recording, Randall collaborates with Grammy Award winning lutenist Stephen Stubbs to explore the topics of love and despair from every conceivable angle. The songs of Dowland, Lawes, Purcell, and Blow are paired with folk tunes from Scotland, England, and Ireland, while French air de cours by Mouliné and Guédron and Italian arias by Cesti and Castrovilari offer a European continental view of longing.
Other albums in development include a new and inclusive take on Venetian love duets by Monteverdi and his colleagues, recorded with London’s Academy of Ancient Music; continued exploration of over-looked castrato repertoire from the 18th century; and a recording of modern-day premiere arias by Hasse and Caldara. Each recording project includes not only the album itself, but also recording-release events, concert tours, and associated media (such as music videos and documentaries).
In recent seasons Scotting has made impressive debuts at the Royal Opera House in London and the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, he joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera, and he sang the leading role in a filmed version of Jonathan Dove’s Flight for Seattle Opera that was highly praised by the press. He is a dramatically persuasive and intensely musical interpreter, consistently recognized for winning over audiences with his stunning vocal beauty, stylish singing, and charismatic stage presence. The New York Times has noted that ‘Scotting possesses a flexible, expressive voice… the clarion countertenor was excellent’ and Operwelt praised him for possessing ‘a broad spectrum of colours and a great variety of expressive nuance’.
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