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Mozart, Schubert: Opera & Concert Arias - Elly Ameling

PentaTone RQR  PTC 5186 133

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Vocal

Mozart, Schubert: Opera & Concert Arias

Elly Ameling (soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra (Mozart)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Schubert)
Edo de Waart (conductor)

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Tracks

Total time: 65:47

Works (12)

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ch'io mi scordi di te? - Concert Aria, K. 505
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Chi sà, chi sà qual sia - Aria, K. 582
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cosi fan tutte - Opera, K. 588
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni - Opera, K. 527
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - Opera, K. 492
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Misera, dove son! - Recitative and Aria, K. 369
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vado, ma dove? oh Dei! - Aria, K. 583
• Franz Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella - Opera, D 732
• Franz Schubert: Claudine von Villa Bella - Opera, D 239
• Franz Schubert: Die Bürgschaft - Opera, D 435
• Franz Schubert: Die Verschworenen - Opera, D 787
• Franz Schubert: Die Zwillingsbrüder - Opera, D 647

Reviews (1)

Review by Graham Williams - June 27, 2004

Yet another winner from PentaTone! This SACD is a delight from start to finish. Elly Ameling’s lovely voice is captured to perfection in each of these Mozart and Schubert arias recorded in London (1972) and Rotterdam (1975) respectively.
The mellow playing of the English Chamber Orchestra in the Mozart perfectly complements the purity of Ameling’s singing, and makes one appreciate the warmth of the instrumental sound; so different from some of the more abrasive ‘original instrument’ productions we are used to nowadays.
The Schubert items, which take up a quarter of the disc, are not as familiar, but equally enjoyable. Here the Rotterdam PO provides stylish accompaniments (listen to the mellifluous woodwind in the aria from Der Zwillingsbrüder) and Edo de Waart’s conducting throughout is all one could wish for.
More like this please PentaTone!

Copyright © 2004 Graham Williams and HRAudio.net

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