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Dame Margaret Price, Brigitte Fassbaender, Wolfgang Brendel - Mozart: Così fan tutte, K. 588 (Live) (2018)

Dame Margaret Price, Brigitte Fassbaender, Wolfgang Brendel - Mozart: Così fan tutte, K. 588 (Live) (2018)
Classical, Opera | WEB FLAC (tracks) & d. booklet | 791 MB
Label: Orfeo | Tracks: 60 | Time: 148:39 min

Even in its opera-buffa manifestation, the utterly disastrous wife-swapping experiment in Così fan tutte so scandalized the entire 19th century, from Beethoven to Wagner, that desperate attempts were constantly made to conceal the work’s frivolity under any number of respectable rewrites.
Fritz Busch, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus - Mozart: Così fan tutte by Fritz Busch (2023)

Fritz Busch, Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus - Mozart: Così fan tutte by Fritz Busch (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:34:56 | 633 / 355 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording

Fritz Busch was one the greatest German conductors of the first half of the twentieth century, noted for his illuminating performances and his ethical principles. His father was a former itinerant musician who became an instrument maker, and his brothers were violinist Adolf Busch and cellist Hermann Busch. Fritz Busch went to Cologne Conservatory in 1909, studying conducting with Steinbach. The city of Aachen hired him as music director in 1912. He served there until the war began, enlisted, and returned at war's end to conducted the Municipal Opera. Six weeks later, he was appointed music director of the Stuttgart Opera.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, European Opera Centre & Laurent Pillot - Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (2018)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, European Opera Centre & Laurent Pillot - Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (2018)
FLAC (tracks +booklet) | 02:27:59 | 658 Mb
Genre: Pop, Dance, House / Label: Rubicon Classics

A Cosi with a difference: studies of the composer’s manuscript by Ian Woodfield reveal that Mozart was undecided whether to ‘cross’ the lovers or keep them uncrossed. Key passages are altered often to startling effect – Ferrando opens the opera singing ‘La mia Fiordiligi’ and not the usual ‘la mia Dorabella’. Phrases such as ‘Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo’ (Turn your gaze upon him) appear in Mozart’s own catalogue as ‘Rivolgete a me’ (Turn you gaze to me) , and although ‘lui’ is in another hand, Mozart had left blank spaces to be filled in later – an indication of his indecision about the pairings.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Chamber Orchestra of Europe - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2013)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Chamber Orchestra of Europe - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2013)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 763 Mb | Total time: 178:10 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 479 0641 | Recorded: 2012

This Così fan tutte enchanted the Baden-Baden Festspielhaus audience when recorded in concert in 2012, with Nézet-Séguin inspiring his stellar cast to feats of vocal derring-do. An enthusiastic advocate of Mozart s music, Rolando Villazón takes on the lead tenor role. Das Opernglas hailed his debut as Ferrando, calling him ideal for the role we have not heard a more beautiful, better sung and deeper felt Un aura amorosa in a long time. Starring a thrilling cast of both young and experienced Mozart opera stars including accomplished soprano Mojca Erdmann as Despina, acclaimed Mozartian soprano Miah Persson and prize-winning young American mezzo Angela Brower as the emotionally manipulated sisters Fiordiligi and Dorabella. Also joining this crème-de-la-crème cast are distinguished Mozart bass-baritone Adam Plachetka as Guglielmo and Italian buffo baritone Alessandro Corbelli as Alfonso.
Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2014)

Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 774 Mb | Total time: 02:57:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 887654661623 | Recorded: 2013

Sony Classical continues its major Mozart opera project with conductor Teodor Currentzis and his orchestra & choir MusicAeterna. A ‘no-compromise’ studio recording cycle of Mozart’s three Da Ponte operas. Living in a unique artistic community established on the edge of Siberia, the musicians work and record under ideal conditions towards Currentzis’ stated goal “to show what can be achieved if you avoid the factory approach of the classical music mainstream”. The soloists’ vocal technique is also markedly different to modern operatic interpretation, with a focus on intimacy and clarity, a use of vibrato remarkably restrictive even by today’s ‘period practice’ standards as well as an approach to melodic ornamentation derived from historic sources which cannot be heard in other performances of these works.
Georg Solti, Chamber Orchestra of Europe - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (1996)

Georg Solti, Chamber Orchestra of Europe - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 820 Mb | Total time: 178:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Decca | # 444 174-2 | Recorded: 1994

It is more than twenty years since Solti last recorded Così for Decca, and if that earlier version was far from ideally cast, this new one more than makes amends. Above all, it has a commanding Fiordiligi in Renée Fleming, who conveys all the tragic vulnerability of this central character. Her performance of the great second-act rondo ‘Per pietà’ would be enough to melt the hardest of hearts. Anne Sofie von Otter and Olaf Bär are in fine form, too; and while Adelina Scarabelli is not exactly a mistress of disguises (she scarcely alters her voice at all for Despina’s part as the mesmeric doctor), her vitality is irresistible.

Trio Roseau - Mozart: Divertimenti, K. 439b, Vol. 2 (2020)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at June 28, 2021
Trio Roseau - Mozart: Divertimenti, K. 439b, Vol. 2 (2020)

Trio Roseau - Mozart: Divertimenti, K. 439b, Vol. 2 (2020)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 264 MB | 01:01:06
Genre: Classical | Label: MDG Gold

A brilliant start and now the sequel on Vol. 2 with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's complete basset horn trios in arrangements by Ulf-Guido Schafer for trio d'anches. From the twenty-five individual movements - in part of quite enigmatic transmission - Schafer has put together two more highly entertaining divertimentos. Deeply moving excerpts from Cosi fan tutte form a dramatic contrast to the serenade tone of the trios. The trio d'anches consisting of an oboe, a clarinet, and a bassoon is actually a creation of the twentieth century. French composers in particular felt inspired by the homogeneous sound of this ensemble not unlike the sound of the human singing voice.
Ivan Fischer, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (2009) [Blu-Ray]

Iván Fischer, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (2009) [Blu-Ray]
BluRay | BDMV | MPEG-4 AVC Video / 24128 kbps / 1080i / 29,970 fps | 181 min | 44,9 Gb
Audio1: Italian / Dolby TrueHD Audio / 2.0 / 24-bit | Audio2: Dolby TrueHD Audio / 5.0 / 48 kHz / 3435 kbps / 24-bit

BluRay-rip | AVC | MKV 1920x1080 / 6215 kbps / 29,97 fps | 181 min | 8,72 Gb
Audio: Italian / AC3 / 5ch / 48.0 KHz / 640 Kbps
Classical | Opus Arte | Sub: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian

Mozart's genius in setting to music Da Ponte's comic play of love, infidelity and forgiveness marks Così fan tutte as one of the great works of art from the Age of Enlightenment. Nicholas Hytner's beautiful production for the Glyndebourne Festival in 2006, with its sure touch and theatrical know-how, lives up to its promise to be 'shockingly traditional', while Iván Fischer teases artful performances from an outstanding international cast of convincing young lovers.
Iván Fischer, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Mozart: Così fan tutte (2007)

Iván Fischer, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Mozart: Così fan tutte (2007)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 210 min | 6,79+7,74 Gb (2xDVD9)
Classical | Label: Opus Arte | Sub: English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol, Italiano | Recorded: 2006

Mozart's genius in setting to music Da Ponte's comic play of love, infidelity and forgiveness marks Così fan tutte as one of the great works of art from the Age of Enlightenment. Nicholas Hytner's beautiful production for the Glyndebourne Festival in 2006, with its sure touch and theatrical know-how, lives up to its promise to be 'shockingly traditional', while Iván Fischer teases artful performances from an outstanding international cast of convincing young lovers.
Charles Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (1994)

Charles Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 779 Mb | Total time: 188:44 | Covers included
Classical | Label: Telarc | # 80360 | Recorded: 1993

This recording of Così fan tutte was made when the cast was preparing for performances at the 1993 Edinburgh Festival, so the cast had the advantage of enough rehearsal time together to relax into the opera's humor. Their easy rapport is most evident in the spirited recitatives, which sparkle with spontaneity and wit. The fact that the principals are talented comedians makes their unforced interactions genuinely fun, and they sound like they are thoroughly enjoying themselves. Although they are not all international superstars, the performances are stellar. The soloists bring out the humanity and complexity of the opera, and artfully convey their characters' emotional development.