Aria: ‘Sento nel core’.
Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725).
Emiliano Géant: Coloratura baritone & Piano.
Yanko Tsvetkov: Executive producer, art direction, design, photography.
Erick Barragán-Géant: Sound engineering, production, mastering.
Recorded in Valencia 7 / 2014 @ Millenia Studio
Album name: Arie antiche.
I was 15 years old the first time I heard this aria. I was a very curious piano student and as I went through my courses at the conservatory, I remember being fascinated by the sounds that came out of a room near a tall staircase in a high ceiling colonial house in Caracas. The sounds were coming from a Russian soprano, who used to teach there back in the mid 90s. I was absolutely amazed by the power and the beauty of her sound. It was like an experience out of this planet. I spent hours behind her door every week until one day she let me in and I heard a student of hers learning this aria. I found the words so captivating and the s