Mozart: Così fan tutte [Import, Box set]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), René Jacobs (Conductor), Concerto Köln (Orchestra), Véronique Gens (Performer), Bernarda Fink (Performer), Werner Güra (Performer), Marcel Boone (Performer), Pietro Spagnoli (Performer), Graciela Oddone (Performer), Nicolau de Figueiredo (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Véronique Gens, Bernarda Fink, Werner Güra, Marcel Boone, Pietro Spagnoli, et al.
• Orchestra: Concerto Köln
• Conductor: René Jacobs
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (October 12, 2004)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Import, Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Harmonia Mundi
• ASIN: B00004UIP1
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,351 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Andante - Presto

2. La Mia Dorabella

3. Fuor' La Spada

4. E La Fede Delle Femmine/Scioccherie Di Poeti!

5. Da Soldati D'onore/Una Bella Serenata

6. Ah Guarda, Sorella

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Non Siate Ritrosi/E Voi Ridete?/Si Puo Sapere

2. Cosa Serve?/Un'aura Amorosa

3. Oh La Saria Da Ridere

4. Ah, Che Tutta In Un Momento

5. Eccovi Il Medico

6. Dove Son?

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Ei Parte... Senti... Ah No!

2. Per Pieta, Ben Io, Perdona

3. Amico, Abbiamo Vinto!

4. Abbi Di Me Pieta, Dammi Consiglio/Donne Mie

5. In Qual Fiero Contrasto

6. Tradito, Schernito/Bravo, Questa E Constanza/Ora Vedo Che Siete

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Mozart: Così fan tutte / Concerto Köln (3 CD Box-Set) feat. Rene Jacobs, Kölner Kammerchor, Veronique Gens, Bernarda Fink, Werner Güra, Marcel Boone, Pietro Spagnoli, Graciela Oddone - Dramma giocoso en deux actes - Vienne, Hofburgtheater, 1790 - Veronique Gens : Fiordiligi - Bernarda Funk : Dorabella - Werner Güra : Ferrando - Marcel Boone : Guglielmo - Pietro Spagnoli : Don Alfonso - Graciela Oddone : Despina - Kölner Kammerchor - Concerto Köln - René Jacobs - Was René Jacobs und seine Musiker hier eingespielt haben, ist die beschwingteste, rundeste und schönste Interpretation einer Mozart Oper seit langem. (FAZ, April 1999) - Sie federt, sie knackt, sie schwingt, sie pumpt, sie flirtet und säuselt - kurzum, sie "groovt" von A bis Z, sie macht Laune, diese René Jacobs-Version von Mozarts Cosi fan tutte. (Klassik heute, Juni 1999)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful recording by Rene Jacobs, June 18, 2009

By 

Daniel Ponder - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mozart: Così fan tutte (Audio CD)

This recording of Cosi Fan Tutte is perhaps my favorite amongst the period recordings of the opera. The solists, including Veronique Gens are wonderful, the orchestra of Concerto Koln puts on a tight and clean sounding performance. I own this, along with Figaro and Clemenza di Tito recordings of Rene Jacobs (amongst many others) and find his recordings to be some of the best, if not the best for clarity, accuracy, musicality and musicological value. I would recommend this recording to any Mozart opera fan or fan of period performance recordings.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ThisAussie loves this Cosi, June 12, 2010

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Angus W. Grant (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart: Così fan tutte (Audio CD)

Rene Jacob's series of mature Mozart operas has produced recordings that cry out for attention in a very crowded market place. This recording did not receive the accolades of the Figaro set, but it is a delight. While the singing is awlays good it is Jacobs who breathes life into the recording by a combination of attention to detail and historical perspective with a wonderful sense of dramatic pacing and understanding of musical structure.

A sense of freshness is achieved through a variety of methods: the use of the forte piano playing with the orchestra, the dramatic flair of the recitatives, tasteful embellishments and the beguiling sound of the period orchestra. Unusally for a historical instruments recording, Jacobs really wallows in sensuously languid tempi in the delicious slow ensembles. He is not afraid to enjoy the beauty of the music and Gens has the most creamy soprano tone to allow this to work. Her voice contains an ideal combination of strength with emotional vulnerability for this role. Both her great arias are thrilling. The ensemble finales truly fizz.

Jacobs recordings always feature star quality voices who are able to act brilliantly and adapt to his musical vision. Fink is an exciting and volatile Dorabella and Spagnoli, as always, provides his combination of humour and virility. If there is any weakness it is the singing of the tenor Werner Gura (Werner is such a tenor name isn't it?). While always sensitive and musical with his phrasing the voice itself is light and fails to convery the emotional punch in the aria and the duets with the ample toned Gens.

The recorded sound is outstanding, capturing the delicacy of the writing (especially the woodwinds)but also having a great sense of warmth. This is a perfect addition to your collection of Cosis, complementing the more stately and perhaps graceful older recordings of Bohm and Karajan. It is also a great place to start. The packaging in this release is truly sumptuous.