W.A. Mozart Arias for Soprano / Che Cosa E Amor

Arias for Soprano / Che Cosa E Amor
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item number:  H4ES
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CD Details

  • Released: January 25, 2005
  • Originally Released: 2005
  • Label: Warner Classics

Tracks:

  • 1.Non So Piu Cosa Son, Cosa Faccio
  • 2.Porgi, Amor, Qualche Ristoro
  • 3.Voi Che Sapete
  • 4.Venite, Inginocchiatevi
  • 5.E Susanna Non Vien!
  • 6.L'ho Perduta...Me Meschina
  • 7.Il Capro E La Capretta
  • 8.Giunse Alfin Il Momento / Deh, Vieni, Non Tardar
  • 9.Ah Fuggi Il Traditor
  • 10.Or Sai Chi L'onore
  • 11.Batti, Batti, O Bel Masetto
  • 12.Vedrai, Carino
  • 13.In Quali Eccessi, O Numi / Mi Tradi Quell'alma Ingrata
  • 14.Crudele? / Non Mi Dir, Bell'idol Mio

Product Description:

Mozart loved sopranos; the parts he wrote for them are so beautiful that every singer must dream of singing them all. This being impossible on stage, Andrea Rost has done the next best thing: she has recorded the arias of all the female roles in The Marriage of Figaro and Don Giovanni. This is a brave undertaking, demanding a large vocal range, great flexibility, and the dramatic skill to project very different characters by purely musical means. Rost's voice is essentially light, with a bright top and a good middle register, but the low notes sound hollow. In Cherubino's arias, which really require a mezzo both in range and color, she seems uncomfortable and her phrasing suffers. Susanna's and the Countess' arias are more convincing, although in the "Rose" aria she misses the mischievous, teasing element, and "Dove sono" is not sorrowful enough. Barbarina's touching little aria has no real ending, but it is nice to encounter Marcellina's aria, which is often omitted. On the whole, the voice needs more nuance; the arias all sound too much alike. The Don Giovanni arias come off much better: Rost's voice takes on noticeably more color and intensity, and she appears to have a special affinity for Zerlina. The cruel coloratura in Donna Elvira's second aria seems a little labored, but Donna Anna's great final scene is sung beautifully. The orchestra is good and empathetic, but too soft and discreet, as if it were playing from a great distance. --Edith Eisler

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