This episode begins (just about) and ends (indeed) with recordings of Alessandro Moreschi – AKA the Angel of Rome – AKA the Last Castrato. His recordings are the only surviving sounds of a tradition of castrated male singers that lasted over 350 years, and mutilated countless thousands of innocent children in the process. We chart the rise and fall of+ Read More

This episode begins (just about) and ends (indeed) with recordings of Alessandro Moreschi – AKA the Angel of Rome – AKA the Last Castrato. His recordings are the only surviving sounds of a tradition of castrated male singers that lasted over 350 years, and mutilated countless thousands of innocent children in the process. We chart the rise and fall of+ Read More

This episode begins (just about) and ends (indeed) with recordings of Alessandro Moreschi –&nbsp;AKA the Angel of Rome – AKA the Last Castrato.&nbsp;His&nbsp;recordings are the only surviving sounds of a tradition of castrated male singers that lasted over 350 years, and mutilated countless&nbsp;thousands of innocent children&nbsp;in the process. We chart the rise and fall of+ Read More

Episode 16 – Alessandro Moreschi and the Blessed Knife

This podcast ponders the moment we began to play back recorded sounds. It’s a factual history of the phonograph and gramophone, but told through dreams and nightmares of the voices of the dead, the nature of time, the rapture, AI, androids, elephants, canned foods, mechanical menaces, alchemy, and so on. Now hear this.

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Episode 16 – Alessandro Moreschi and the Blessed Knife

Episode 16 – Alessandro Moreschi and the Blessed Knife