Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Highlights) / Kleiber

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Performer), Vienna State Opera Choir (Performer), Alfred Poell (Performer), Anny Felbermayer (Performer), Cesare Siepi (Performer), Fernando Corena (Performer), Harald Proglhoff (Performer), Hilde Gueden (Performer), Hilde Rossel-Majdan (Performer), Hugo Meyer Welfing (Performer), Hugo Meyer-Welfing (Performer), Lisa della Casa (Performer), Murray Dickie (Performer), Suzanne Danco (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Choir, Alfred Poell, Anny Felbermayer, Cesare Siepi, et al.
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (September 16, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B0000042FL
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,496 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #93 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Arias > General AAS

Track Listings

1. Le nozze di Figaro: Overture

2. Le nozze di Figaro: Act I: Cinque... dieci... venti... trenta

3. Le nozze di Figaro: Act I: Bravo, signor padrone!... Se vuol ballare

4. Le nozze di Figaro: Act I: La vendetta

5. Le nozze di Figaro: Act I: Non so piů cosa son

6. Le nozze di Figaro: Act I: Non piů andrai

7. Le nozze di Figaro: Act II: Porgi amor

8. Le nozze di Figaro: Act II: Voi che sapete

9. Le nozze di Figaro: Act II: Venite, inginocchiatevi

10. Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: 'Hai gia vinta la causa' ! ... Vedro, mentr'io sospiro

11. Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: Riconosci in questo amplesso

12. Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: E Susanna non vien!... Dove sono i bei momenti

13. Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: Sull'aria... Che soave zefiretto

14. Le nozze di Figaro: Act IV: Tutto č disposto... Aprite un po' quegl'occhi

15. Le nozze di Figaro: Act IV: Deh vieni, non tardar

16. Le nozze di Figaro: Act IV: Tutto č tranquillo e placido

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Conducting and a Lively Figaro, August 10, 2003

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Mateo (Mexico City) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Highlights) / Kleiber (Audio CD)

If you do not have an opera CD collector's budget, and you are trying to determine which recording of Figaro to invest in, you would do well to purchase this recording of highlights. Kleiber's conducting is perfectly delightful, and represents the best extant recorded conducting of Figaro by far, leaving Giulini sounding almost pedestrian and just about everyone else plodding. And Siepi is completely engaged, incredibly fun to listen to, and certainly among the best Figaros. If the historic recording quality and comparatively weaker supporting singers do not bother you, then you may rest assured that the full opera, which costs three times as much as this disc, is worth the investment.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Greatest Bass this Century, May 1, 2004

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This review is from: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Highlights) / Kleiber (Audio CD)

If you buy this CD, do it because of Cesare Siepi. His gorgeous basso voice is perfect for the role of Figaro. He is clear and emotive at all times--and besides what the person above me said: Figaro is a bass role; he doesn't sing "thickly". That being said, the rest of the recording is weak, with no one even coming close to Siepi, or any other stars for that matter. A great buy for fans of Cesare Siepi!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent historical recording - and a wonderful introduction to opera, August 2, 2007

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Abel "AMY" (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Highlights) / Kleiber (Audio CD)

I've already reviewed the full set of this wonderful opera recording by Erich Kleiber.

I am purchasing this High Light set for my friend who is beginning to feel interested in opera.

Siepi - Gueden - Della Casa - Danco, even Poell. All great in their respective roles. The conducting couldn't be bettered. Even Carlos Kleiber admitted that his dad's version of Le Nozze is unsurpassable.