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Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Gustav Kuhn) [2005]

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Mozart: Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Gustav Kuhn) [2005]
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR | Deutsch (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | 7,49 Gb (DVD9)
Classical | Label: Art Haus | Sub: Deutsch, English, Espanol | 140 min

Glyndebourne's production of Mozart's opera looks and sounds ravishing. The airy sets and gorgeous costumes set a frame for a superb ensemble cast to give of their very best. Top of the list has to be Valerie Masterson's Constanze. She sang the part for her Sadlers Wells Opera debut back in the early 1970s and then developed her interpretation over the next ten years. Here she gives an object lesson in singing, characterisation and stagecraft. She looks as good as she sounds and that is saying a great deal. A figure of simple dignity, she fills out the character of Constanze with great skill and she sings like an angel, plumbing the depths of "Traurigkeit" with wonderful expression and feeling, and then capping that with a fiery, confident and thrilling "Martern alle Arten". She sings gloriously in ensemble and duet. This is a great performance from a great British soprano and should not be missed. Why she was not more recorded or filmed is one of the mysteries of the record industry, so make the most of her performance here - it is wonderful. You can also catch her artistry on DVDs of the ENO's Xerxes and Julius Caesar, and very early in her career in the D'Oyly Carte Mikado. The rest of the cast is excellent: Ryland Davies as a fluent Belmonte (who looks good with Masterson as a convincing young couple); Lillian Watson, a dream as Blondchen; Willard White, a wonderful Osmin and James Hoback as a college-boy Pedrillo. Conducting is loving and expressive but above all don't miss this record of one of the very best sopranos to have graced our stages giving of her very best in this most testing of parts. Masterful Masterson!

Performer:
Belmonte - Ryland Davies
Constanze - Valerie Masterson
Blonde - Lillian Watson
Osmin - Willard White
Pedrillo - James Hoback
Selim - Joachim Bissmeier

The Glyndebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor - Gustav Kuhn
Recorded 1980

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Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (Sir Charles Mackerras, Magdalena Kozena) [2006]

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Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito (Sir Charles Mackerras, Magdalena Kozena) [2006]
EAC Rip | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | Covers | 2cd, 487.16 MB

Sir Charles Mackerras leads a fine performance of Mozart's last opera seria, a work that should be far better appreciated than it is. Full of dignity and poise, aria follows duet follows aria, fascinatingly scored, and exactly the correct length. The numbers are expressive and filled with the information we need to know these characters. Sesto, a travesty role, is taken by Magdalena Kozena, who follows in the footsteps of Teresa Berganza, Cecilia Bartoli, and Anne Sofie von Otter and proves their equal. Her gorgeous voice and technique shine through. Hillevi Martinpelto's Vitellia is handsomely sung; Christine Rice, sounding much like Kozena, is fine as his friend Annio; Lisa Milne's pretty, silvery tone is just right for Servilia. As Tito, Rainer Trost sings with dignity and accuracy in the character's noble and sometimes very florid music, and John Relyea lends his dark bass to the part of Publio. The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is augmented by some period players on brass, and the effect is exciting. This may not be your number-one choice--Hogwood and Bartoli and Gardiner and von Otter are better---but it's an excellent performance nonetheless.

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Tracklisting:
CD1
01. Ouverture
02. Atto I. Recitativo: Ma che? sempre l'istesso
03. N. 1 Duetto: Come ti piace imponi
04. Recitativo: Amico, il passo affretta
05. N. 2 Aria: Deh, se piacer mi vuoi
06. Recitativo: Amico, ecco il momento
07. N. 3 Duettino: Deh prendi un dolce amplesso
08. N. 4 Marcia
09. N. 5 Coro: Serbate, o Dei custodi
10. Recitativo: Te della patria il Padre
11. N. 4 Marcia da capo
12. Recitativo: Adesso, o Sesto, parla per me
13. N. 6 Aria: Del piu sublime soglio
14. Recitative: Non ci pentiam
15. N. 7 Duetto: Ah, perdona al primo affetto
16. Recitativo: Di Tito al pie
17. N. 8 Aria: Ah, se fosse intorno al trono
18. Recitativo: Felice me!
19. N. 9 Aria: Parto, ma tu. ben mio
20. Recitativo: Vedrai, Tito, vedrai
21. N. 10 Terzetto: Vengo... aspettate... Sesto!...
22. N. 11 Recitativo accompagnato: Oh Dei, che smania e questa
23. N. 12 Quintetto con coro: Deh, conservate, o Dei
CD2
01. Atto II. Recitativo: Sesto, come tu credi
02. N. 13 Aria: Torna di Tito a lato
03. Recitativo: Partir deggio, o restar?
04. N. 14 Terzetto: Se al volto mai ti senti
05. N. 15 Coro: Ah, grazie si rendano
06. Recitativo: Gia de' pubblici giuochi
07. N. 16 Aria: Tardi s'avvede d'un tradimento
08. Recitativo: No, cosi scellerato
09. N. 17 Aria: Tu fosti tradito
10. Recitativo accompagnato: Che orror! che tradimento!
11. N. 18 Terzetto: Quello di Tito e il volto!
12. Recitativo: Odimi, o Sesto
13. N. 19 Rondo: 'Deh, perquesto istante solo
14. Recitativo: Ove s'intese mai piu contumace infedelta?
15. N. 20 Aria: Se all'impero, amici Dei
16. Recitativo: Non giova lusingarsi
17. N. 21 Aria: S'altro che lacrime per lui non tenti
18. N. 22 Recitativo accompagnato: Ecco il punto, o Vitellia
19. N. 23 Rondo: Non piii di fiori vaghe catene
20. N. 24 Coro: Che del ciel, che degli Dei
21. Recitativo: Sesto, de' tuoi delitti
22. N. 25 Recitativo accompagnato: Ma che giorno e mai questo?
23. N. 26 Sestetto con coro: Tu, e ver, m'assolvi, Augusto

Performer:
Tito Vespasiano – Rainer Trost
Sesto – Magdalena Kožená
Vitellia – Hillevi Martinpelto
Servilia – Lisa Milne
Annio – Christine Rice
Publio – John Relyea
Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus
Conductor - Sir Charles Mackerras

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