Mozart: Airs Sacrés/Sacred Arias [Import]

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Artist), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Neville Marriner (Conductor), Barbara Hendricks (Performer), Hilary Brooks (Performer), Edward Caswell (Performer), Justin Sillman (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Barbara Hendricks, Hilary Brooks, Edward Caswell, Justin Sillman
• Conductor: Neville Marriner
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (June 5, 2001)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI France
• ASIN: B000009I0J
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #479,927 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Betracht Dies Herz (Grabmusik, Cantata, K.42)

2. Laudate Dominum (Vesperae De Dominica, K.321)

3. Et Incarnatus Est (Mass in C Minor, K.427)

4. Exsultate, Jubilate (Motet, K.165)

5. Agnus Dei (Litaniae Lauretanae, K.195)

6. Fra L'oscure Ombre Funeste (Davidde Penitente, K.469)

7. Laudate Dominum (Vesperae Solennes De Confessore, K.339)

8. Dulcissimum Convivium (Litaniae De Venerabili Altaris Sacramento, K.243)

9. Agnus Dei (Coronation Mass, K.317)

Customer Reviews

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1.0 out of 5 stars "Do you reckon I should put a microphone near the singer?", October 11, 2011

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Bernard Michael O'Hanlon (Wilsons Prom, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mozart: Airs Sacrés/Sacred Arias (Audio CD)

Whoever designed this program with Hendrick's voice in mind - a creamy soprano - knew what they were doing. Mozart-wise, all of the best lollipops for such a timbre are here. It should have been a meeting with destiny, underwritten by the expertise of Sir Neville Marriner and the ASMF. Sadly, the EMI recording-engineers let the team down and abjectly so. The performers are backwardly set in a hazy acoustic. There is no presence whatsoever and Hendricks sounds like she is gargling from the bottom of the swimming pool.

Only the Devil wants you to purchase this recital.