Mozart - L'oca del Cairo / Fischer-Dieskau, Wiens, P. Schreier, D. Johnson, Coburn, P. Schreier ~ Lo Sposo deluso / Grant, Palmer, Rolfe Johnson, Tear, Cotrubas, C. Davis

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Artist), Peter Schreier (Artist), Sir Colin Davis (Artist), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Artist), Ileana Cotrubas (Artist), Douglas Johnson (Artist), Inga Nielsen (Artist), Pamela Coburn (Artist), Clifford Grant (Artist), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Artist), Felicity Palmer (Artist), Robert Tear (Artist), Edith Wiens (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 5, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B00000411K
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,497 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, May 15, 2003

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Gerard Sparaco (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart - L'oca del Cairo / Fischer-Dieskau, Wiens, P. Schreier, D. Johnson, Coburn, P. Schreier ~ Lo Sposo deluso / Grant, Palmer, Rolfe Johnson, Tear, Cotrubas, C. Davis (Audio CD)

The value in owning lesser know and fragmentary works of the great composers is to view their artistic development and judgements. Mozart abandoned composing L'oca del Cairo because, as he states in a letter to his father Leopold, it was just plain dumb. And listening to this fragment, we can see that Mozart's heart just wasn't into it.

I give this disc four stars for the second fragment, Lo Sposo deluso, which is absolutely brilliant and makes me wish he completed the opera.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mozart Opera Buffa, August 30, 2001

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Douglas Barrow (Katy, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart - L'oca del Cairo / Fischer-Dieskau, Wiens, P. Schreier, D. Johnson, Coburn, P. Schreier ~ Lo Sposo deluso / Grant, Palmer, Rolfe Johnson, Tear, Cotrubas, C. Davis (Audio CD)

L'Oca del Cairo (The Cairo Goose) and Lo Sposo Deluso (The Disappointed Bridegroom)

If you're not ready for a full length Mozart opera then try these two extensive fragments of opera buffa (comic opera). Light and airy I enjoyed both. Both are very much Mozart in his early opera period, three years before Figaro. Wonderful music.

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12 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Delightful early operas!, September 17, 1999

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This review is from: Mozart - L'oca del Cairo / Fischer-Dieskau, Wiens, P. Schreier, D. Johnson, Coburn, P. Schreier ~ Lo Sposo deluso / Grant, Palmer, Rolfe Johnson, Tear, Cotrubas, C. Davis (Audio CD)

No "Don Giovanni's" here, but utterly charming music nonetheless from a young Mozart. Superb performances too.