Nozze di Figaro Barenboim

"Barenboim continues to favour a forceful, big-scale reading with often deliberate speeds for the slower numbers, a musically accomplished, thought-through account of the crucial finales to Acts 2 and 4, lively treatment of the recitative, finely-honed playing of the wind, alert rhythms and an avoidance for the most part of appoggiaturas…John Tomlinson is much better suited by Figaro than he was by Alfonso, but still wants in tonal focus…but he does at all times create a lively personality, a force to be reckoned with…" (Gramophone)

This memorable recording from the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin was Arthaus Musik’s first official release in 2000. It features one of the most popular Mozart operas, „Le Nozze di Figaro“, a witty satire on the authority of the reigning noble class and infidelity in love relationships. Starring a great cast of singers with Dorothea Röschmann, René Pape, Emily Magee and Peter Schreier – to name but a few – this performance is conducted by Daniel Barenboim, chief conductor of the Berlin State Orchestra since 1992 named conductor for life by the orchestra in 2000.

Cecilia Bartoli, as is well-known, has been a faithful Decca artist, and her Decca discography includes two all-Mozart recitals, both with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra under György Fischer: Decca 430 513-2DH and Decca 443 452-2DH. However, as a result of inter-company agreements which have allowed Bartoli to team up with conductors and singers contracted elsewhere, most of her appearances in complete Mozart operas have been on other labels. Here we have a selection from three sets in which she took part for Teldec and Erato, now under the Warner Classics umbrella.

The best digital release of 76 tracks/6 hours and 17 minutes from Mozart's masterpieces!

Containing six discs and 111 tracks, Deutsche Grammophon's 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon is a sprawling collection of single items drawn largely from its enormous 55 CD 111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition…