The Voice of Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Colin Davis (Conductor), Myung-Whun Chung (Conductor), Georg Solti (Conductor), Sir Neville Marriner (Conductor), Bryn Terfel (Performer), Cecilia Bartoli (Performer), José van Dam (Performer), Kathleen Battle (Performer), Kiri te Kanawa (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, José van Dam, Kathleen Battle, Kiri te Kanawa
• Conductor: Colin Davis, Myung-Whun Chung, Georg Solti, Sir Neville Marriner
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (January 15, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B00005UWKX
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #377,839 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja - Mikael Melbye

2. Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384: Welche, Wonne, welche lust - Kathleen Battle

3. Il rč pastore, opera, K. 208: L'amero, saro costante - Angela Maria Blasi

4. Idomeneo, rč di Creta, opera, K. 366: Se il padre perdei - Barbara Hendricks

5. Cosě fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Soave sia il vento - Jose Van Dam

6. La clemenza di Tito, opera, K. 621: Ah, perdona al primo affetto - Lucia Popp

7. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Notte e giorno faticar - Gilles Cachemaille

8. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Ah! fuggi il traditor! - Della Jones

9. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Dalla sua pace (k540a, Vienna Version) - Stuart Burrows

10. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Finch'han dal vino - Bryn Terfel

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Disc: 2

1. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Se vuol ballare, Signor Contino - Jose Van Dam

2. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Voi che sapete - Frederica Von Stade

3. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Che soave zeffiretto - Lucia Popp

4. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Deh vieni, non tardar - Cecilia Bartoli

5. Das Kinderspiel ('Wir Kinder, wir schmecken'), song for voice & piano, K. 598 - Dalton Baldwin

6. Die Alte ('Zu meiner Zeit'), song for voice & piano, K. 517 - Dalton Baldwin

7. Mass No. 17 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor (fragment, 'Great Mass'), K. 427 (K. 417a): Kyrie - Arleen Auger

8. Kommet her, ihr frechen Sünder, aria for soprano & orchestra, K. 146 (K. 317b) - Ann Murray

9. Mass No. 17 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor (fragment, 'Great Mass'), K. 427 (K. 417a): Gloria - The Winchester Cathedral Choir

10. Ave verum Corpus, motet for chorus, strings & organ, K. 618 - James Vivian

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Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Many worthy versions, at a good price, July 14, 2003

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J. C Clark "eanna" (Overland Park, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Voice of Mozart (Audio CD)

There are arguments aplenty about whether a listener can really appreciate an opera when its "Greatest Hits" are extracted. That argument applies in spades on a disc such as this, which goes for the big, big guns from some of the most delightful vocal music ever composed.

Nevertheless, there are many fine singers in here. This is no second-string collection of unknowns from Eastern Europe, though one of my favorite Mozart interpreters, Thomas Allen, is missing. And some of the versions included are relatively weak. But as a very reasonably priced introduction to Mozart's vocal music, this is quite listenable. Good tunes, good playing, usually fine singing, and a logical sequence makes this a tasty intro at a tasty price.