Mozart: Opera Arias [Original recording remastered]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Leonard Slatkin (Conductor), Georg Fischer (Conductor), Munich Radio Orchestra (Orchestra), München Rundfunkorchester (Orchestra), English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra), Leslie Pearson (Performer), Lucia Popp (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Leslie Pearson, Lucia Popp
• Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra, München Rundfunkorchester, English Chamber Orchestra
• Conductor: Leonard Slatkin, Georg Fischer
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (March 11, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B0013FSVA2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #219,234 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Il rè pastore, opera, K. 208: Act 2. L'amerò, sarò costante

2. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Act 2. Voi, che sapete che cosa è amor

3. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Act 4. Giunse alfin il memento - Deh, vieni, non tardar

4. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Act 2. Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro, al mio duolo

5. Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384: Act 2. Welche Kummer herrscht in meiner Seele

6. Idomeneo, rè di Creta, opera, K. 366: Act 3. Solitudini amiche - Zeffiretti lusinghieri

7. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Act 2. In quali eccessi - Mi tradì quell'alma ingrata

8. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Act 2. Crudele? - Non mi dir, bell'idol mio

9. Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Act 1. Come scoglio immoto resta

10. Vesperae solennes de confessore for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 339: Laudate Dominum

11. Vesperae de Dominica, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 321: Laudate Dominum

12. Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): Exsultate, jubilate

13. Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): Fulget amica dies

14. Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): Tu virginum corona

15. Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): Alleluia

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We lost her far too soon........, August 21, 2008

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Robert C. Hufford (Hopewell, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart: Opera Arias (Audio CD)

The late soprano Lucia Popp was a real treasure in earthen vessel...she matured over the years from a coloratura to a lyrico-spinto, on several occasions singing different roles from those she had done earlier in the same operas. She NEVER failed to bring joy.........

Lucia was born to sing Mozart, and the great composer might well have written with her in mind. This release from at least two LPs is 77'24" of pure perfection. I'll only mention two examples...three cuts from "The Marriage of Figaro" show her in three different rolls, all done with beauty and style. The closing "Exsultate, jubilate" is as close as we're likely to get to Heaven's music this side of eternity.

Lucia was a pure delight, stolen from us by a brain tumor. She never failed to give us her all...grab this, and meet a truly great singer.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grateful that we had Popp, August 27, 2008

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Lin FENG SHENG "On cabaletta" (Taipei, TAIWAN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart: Operatic and Sacred Arias (MP3 Download)

I have to especially comment upon Popp's rendition of Mozart's famous motet "Exsultate, jubilate." I was actually very MOVED -- I know the piece is in turn peacefully and innocently joyous, but I was really MOVED, almost to tears. Amazing. One hardly needs to listen to other recorded versions by all those chirpy light sopranos. Listen to Popp -- one graceful but far from aloof or condescending, agile and bright in timbre but also substantial.

There must be a heaven, since Popp is a more than first-rate angel. "Angel/angelic" are terms much abused, but here... one has to amaze at the absolute perfection in every turn of phrases, the taut legato lines, and beautifully placed notes with all the rounded shine of them. I tend to think that one should be grateful that we were given a Mozart, and today I have to say we ought also to be grateful for a Popp.

[To be sure, the orchestra accompaniment is rather old-fashioned, but that shouldn't distract the pleasure.]

As for other pieces, Popp doesn't necessarily enlighten as much in them, but her performance is never less than superb. Her sincerity and love for music are everwhere apparent. It's nice that Popp tackles the two donnas' arias from DON GIOVANNI. She's probably more of an Anna instead of an Elvira, whose aria taxes her somewhat on high and requires a deeper kind of sorrow. Still, all in all this is a great CD indeed, and no music lover should deprive him-/herself of this most treasurable and enjoyable experience.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Soulful Artist, June 21, 2009

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Artiste "larslkh" (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mozart: Opera Arias (Audio CD)

The original issue of this recording is the first CD I ever bought, well over twenty years ago. I listened to it a bazillion times on my single-disc player, and grew to adore this lovely Mozart voice. I still listen to the disc (I have the remastered version on my iPod), as well as others of Popp's. "Soulful" comes to mind for me in describing her singing; I don't know what else to call it. It's beautiful, it communicates and it's a joy to experience. What more do you require from art?