#LetsBaRock Jakub Józef Orliński, Aleksander Dębicz, Wojciech Gumiński, Marcin Ułanowski

• Aleksander Dębicz(b.1988):;
• 1 Dębicz: Intro 02:55
• Francesco Nicola Fago (1677 - 1745):
• 2 Fago: Alla gente (From "Il faraone sommerso") 06:27
• Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695):
• 3 Purcell: Strike the Viol (From "Come Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323) 04:46
• 4 Purcell: Fairest Isle (From "King Arthur", Z. 628) 04:12
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643):
• 5 Monteverdi: Oblivion (From "L'incoronazione di Poppea", SV 308) 04:08
• Henry Purcell:
• 6 Purcell: Sound the Trumpet (From "Come, Ye Sons of Art", Z. 323) 01:44
• George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759):
• 7 Handel: Pena tiranna (From "Amadigi di Gaula", HWV 11) 07:11
• Aleksander Dębicz:
• 8 Dębicz: Toccata 1 04:55
• Henry Purcell:
• 9 Purcell: Music for a While (From "Oedipus", Z. 583) 04:05
• Claudio Monteverdi:
• 10 Monteverdi: Zefiro torna (From "Scherzi musicali") 07:13
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741):
• 11 Vivaldi: Vedrò (From "Giustino", RV 717) 06:08
• Aleksander Dębicz:
• 12 Dębicz: Finale 04:45
• Piotr Banach (b. 1965):
• 13 Banach: Moja i Twoja Nadzieja 04:06
• Total Runtime 01:02:35

Info for #LetsBaRock

You've never heard baroque music like this before: Under the motto #LetsBaRock, countertenor, model and breakdancer Jakub Józef Orliński presents arias by Henry Purcell, Claudio Monteverdi, Georg Friedrich Händel and Antonio Vivaldi in a rock sound. Instead of harpsichord, lute and strings, he is accompanied by a band consisting of piano, bass guitar and drums. The arrangements come from the composer and pianist Aleksander Dębicz, who, like the countertenor, is at home in many musical styles. But no matter whether old or modern instruments - in this repertoire, Jakub Józef Orliński can unfold the full radiance of his voice.

"He is the only true one," pointed out the Sunday Times, "a voice that can make Vivaldi speak as directly as a pop song." The Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orli?ski proved this once again at the spectacular show to open the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, where he combined virtuoso baroque singing with contemporary breakdancing. On his album #LetsBaRock, Orlinski now combines tradition and the present even more closely, bringing together works by Vivaldi, Handel, Purcell and Monteverdi with musical styles such as jazz and rap. A home game for the gifted breakdancer:

"I've always listened to all kinds of music, and I'm thrilled that #LetsBaRock gives me the freedom to show this side of my creative life."

Baroque music gives singers a lot of room for expression; embellishments were not written down but reinvented each time. Orlinski, who wrote his thesis at Warsaw University on baroque embellishments, knows these rules inside and out. To cover the old masters of baroque music for his album, the countertenor sought out his former fellow student Aleksander Debicz as his 'partner in crime'. He was responsible for the arrangements and also contributed three of his own compositions. Debicz reports: "In our playful sessions and concerts we had plenty of room for improvisation. We created new covers of the baroque arias in the same way that pop artists cover songs that are important to them. In our version, the baroque pieces sound decidedly modern, but retain their character."

Jakub Jozef Orlinski, countertenor
Wojciech Guminski, double bass, electric bass, Moog synthesizer
Marcin Ulanowski, drums
Aleksander Debicz, piano, arrangements
Madison Nonoa, soprano

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Booklet for #LetsBaRock