Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro (2-CD) – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
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Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro (2-CD) – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Artists: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Fernando Corena, Elisabeth Söderström, Teresa Berganza, Ernest Blanc, Piero Cappuccilli, Heather Harper, Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Walhall Eternity
CD Release Date: October 9, 2015
What many celebrate as the reference studio recording of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro was recorded in 1959 with the same orchestra, chorus, conductor and famed soprano in the role of the Countess Almaviva. This live recording, captured a mere two years later London in 1961, with almost an entirely different cast excepting the great German soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in the aforementioned role makes for a superb complimentary recording to its near contemporary, its fine cast including, among others, Heather Harper and Elisabeth Söderström at the start of what became prominent careers.
History
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Le Nozze di Figaro
World premiere: Burgtheater, Vienna, 1786. A profoundly humane comedy, Le Nozze di Figaro is a remarkable marriage of Mozart’s music at the height of his genius and one of the best librettos ever set. In adapting a play that caused a scandal with its revolutionary take on 18th-century society, librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte focused less on the original topical references and more on the timeless issues embedded in the frothy drawing-room comedy.
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