Mozart in Love

Mozart (Artist), Bartoli (Artist), Terfel (Artist), Battle (Artist), Te Kanawa (Artist), Cecilia Bartoli (Performer), Edith Mathis (Performer), Sherrill Milnes (Performer), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Artist), Fritz Wunderlich (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Cecilia Bartoli, Edith Mathis, Sherrill Milnes
• Audio CD (January 26, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon
• ASIN: B00000HYJQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,712 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

1. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Cinque...dieci...venti

2. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Non so più

3. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Non più andrai, farfallone

4. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Porgi, amor!

5. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Voi che sapete

6. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Dove sono

7. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Sull'aria

8. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Aprite un po' quegli occhi

9. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Deh vieni, non tardar

10. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Madamina, il cataloguè questo

11. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Là ci darem la mano

12. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Fin ch'han dal vino

13. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Deh, vieni alla finestra

14. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Il mio tesoro intanto

15. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Mi tradì quell'alma ingrata

16. Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Terzettino: Soave sia il vento

17. Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Come scoglio!

18. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja

19. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Dies bildnis ist bezaubernd schön

20. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa Papagena!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Like its companion anthology, Puccini in Love, this is a treasury of some of the most inspired and unforgettable passages in all the operatic repertory. Opera heightens the world of emotions, and when it comes to the emotions of love, Mozart was the ultimate sage. His understanding of the infinite variety of psychological states that love induces, from irrational jealousy to compassionate self-denial, has a truly Shakespearean depth and truthfulness. The world of Così fan tutte, for example, featuring biting cynicism side by side with the ecstasy of devotion, comes remarkably close to the multihued vitality of Shakespeare's comedies. Mozart possessed an unsurpassed genius for somehow finding the most convincing, moving, and perfectly balanced musical code to convey these emotions: just listen to the breathless excitement of confused adolescent desire in "Non so più" from The Marriage of Figaro or the outraged betrayal expressed in "Mi tradì" from one of the greatest artworks of all Western culture, Don Giovanni. The excerpts here--all from Universal's archives--feature such artists as James Levine, Bryn Terfel, Anne Sofie von Otter, Kiri Te Kanawa, and Dawn Upshaw. The full-length recordings from which they're taken--with the possible exception of Levine's Figaro--would not be a first-choice recommendation for each of the respective operas. But this is a lovely place to begin an exploration of Mozart's operas, and at a budget price. --Sarah Chin