Opera
Donald Macleod mixes two of his favourite passions: Mozart and opera, selecting music from Zaide, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Idomeneo, Don Giovanni and Cosi fan tutte.
Donald Macleod maps out Mozart's life-story, and tries to fathom why for him Mozart's music will always remain a constant companion. Today Donald mixes two of his favourite passions: Mozart and Opera, and selects music from Zaide, The Seraglio, Idomeneo, Don Giovanni, Cosi and The Marriage of Figaro.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Zaide 鈥� Ruhe sanft mein holdes Leben (Rest gently, my sweet life) (1779-80)
Performer: Miah Persson (soprano) Performer: Swedish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Sebastian Weigle (conductor)
- BIS SACD 1529.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Abduction from the Seraglio K348 (Vienna 1782)
i) Belmonte鈥檚 Aria 鈥� Konstanze, dich wiederzusehn, dich! ii) Chorus of Janissaries 鈥� Singt dem grossen Bassa Lieder Performer: Peter Schreier (Belmonte) Performer: Wilfreid Gahmlich (Pedrillo) Performer: Zurich Opera Orchestra & Chorus Performer: Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
- TELDEC 2292 424072.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Idomeneo 鈥� Se il padre perdei (Munich 1781)
Performer: Sylvia McNair (Soprano Ilia) Performer: The English Baroque Soloists Performer: John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
- ARCHIV 431 6742.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni (Prague 1787) 鈥� finale appearance of the ghost of the Commendatore
-鈥淒on Giovanni, a cenar teco鈥� K527 Performer: Simon Keenlyside (Don Giovanni) Performer: Matti Salminen (Il Commendatore) Performer: Coro di Ferrara Musica Performer: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Performer: Claudio Abbado (conductor)
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 457 602 2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosi fan tutte (Vienna 1789-90) K588
Performer: Dove son? ; Soave sia il vento Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiordiligi) Performer: Christa Ludwig (Dorabella) Performer: Walter Berry (Don Alfonso) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: Karl B枚hm (conductor)
- EMI 5673822.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro 鈥� Finale to Act II (Vienna 1786)
Performer: Simon Keenlyside (The Count 鈥� baritone) Performer: V茅ronique Gens (The Countess 鈥� soprano) Performer: Patrizia Ciofi (Susanna 鈥� soprano) Performer: Lorenzo Regazzo (Figaro 鈥� bass) Performer: Marie McLaughlin (Marcellina, soprano) Performer: Kobie van Rensburg (Basilio, tenor) Performer: Antonio Abete (Antonio, bass) Performer: Nuria Rial (Barbarina, soprano) Performer: Concerto Koln Performer: Ren茅 Jacobs (conductor)
- HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901818.20.
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- Sat 8 Jan 2011 12:00大象传媒 Radio 3