DG: 4776541

“His records are unique in a crowded field and the most sensational is the Handel album, a selection of opera and oratorio arias written for alto castratos or female mezzo-sopranos. It was a tour de force for Oberlin, who never performed the castrato roles onstage…In the studio he was able to try things he rarely attempted in the concert hall; so he sings all the arias in their original keys and at modern pitch, undaunted by the heroic flights of coloratura…At the end of Ombra cara he inserts an electrifying cadenza…At no point does his tone betray the faintest blip or creak – not the slightest hint of the dreaded “gear shift”. It is one of the most amazing demonstrations of vocal homogeneity on record.” (JOSHUA COHEN, International Classical Record Collector)