Tito Peak

Francesca Ajmar is certainly one of the best known and recognized performers of the Brazilian song in Italy. And one of the few European singer to perform in South America. As many as 4 of its 7 discs as leaders are dedicated to the “carioca world”. She is equipped with a persuasive and refined voice, with perfect Portuguese diction, gives us this new record in the company of a milestone artist of Brazilian music, the saxophonist Hector "Costita" Bisignani, already at the side of the greatest artists of "bossa nova" : Sérgio Mendes , Hermeto Pascoal, Tom Jobim, João Donato, Edu Lobo, Chico Buarque, João Gilberto, Johnny Alf, Dick Farney, Elis Regina, Milton Nascimento, Zimbo Trio, Wilson Curia. Supported by Michele Franzini (piano), Tito Mangialajo Rantzer (double bass), and Vittorio Sicbaldi (drums), jazz musicians who boast an undisputed artistic curriculum. An imaginary journey to Brazil to with Tom Jobim, Johnny Alf, Carlos Lyra, Edu Lobo, just to name a few, as well as some original compositions.

The young Latvian mezzo Elina Garanca makes her recital debut on the label with a delightful programme of Mozart arias, interweaving five of Mozart’s brilliant and demanding concert arias, including the supremely taxing ‘Ch’io mi scordi di te’ with extracts from La finta giardiniera, La clemenza di Tito and Così fan tutte. Well-known for her engaging stage performances as Dorabella Elina has chosen also to include Fiordiligi’s dazzling ‘Come scoglio’.

Magdalena Kozena - Mozart Arias
Jos van Immerseel / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightment / Sir Simon Rattle
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 278 MB | Full Artwork: 161 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Archiv Produktion # 00289 477 6272 AH | Country/Year: Germany 2006
Genre: Classical | Style: Viennese School, Opera, Vocal

"If anyone has recorded a lovelier Mozart recital in recent years, I've yet to hear it. In her early thirties, Kozená is now consummate mistress of her art. Her liquid high mezzo, with its easy upward extension, combines warmth with the bloom and freshness of youth, while her coloratura, on display in 'Al desio di chi t'adora' . . . is as brilliant and expressive as Bartoli's, yet without the Italian diva's intrusive aspirates . . . Fortepianist Jos van Immerseel is an equally sympathetic partner in an impassioned yet intimate performance . . ." ~Gramophone

One year after the 200th anniversary of Mozart’s death, American musicologist Pamela Poulin was rummaging through the archives of the Latvian Academic Library in Riga and came upon announcements and programs for three concerts given in Riga in 1794 by Mozart’s friend, fellow Freemason, and clarinet virtuoso Anton Stadler. The programs also included an engraving of what Stadler termed an Inventions Klarinette. This led to the discovery of several basset clarinets and basset horns in various European collections. These instruments are fashioned from boxwood with brass keys and are virtually identical to that shown in the engraving on the concert program.