Fantastic Cencic (3CD)

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

Max Emanuel Cencic is one of the top countertenors in the world today ü He is a singer who can offer heroic scale and brilliance, he is adventurous in his choice of repertoire and he has a flamboyant personality on stage

Born in the former Yugoslavia (now Croatia), he joined the famous Wiener Sängerknaben at the age of 10 and has made his international base in Vienna

He has not released a new Erato recording for some three years now, but the company has a substantial catalogue of his solo and operatic recordings (CD and DVD)Fantastic Cencic includes a selection of recordings he made as a boy soprano, which are released here for the first time