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This is a time-tested recording of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, reissued as part of Philips' reasonably priced Trio series. Over 30 years old at the time of this release, and perhaps not among the best available when it was new, Colin Davis' 1971 performance is still a respectable entry in the catalog of Figaro recordings. Davis deserves a lot of the credit, since the reasonably brisk tempos, well-textured ensembles, and clean orchestral playing align this performance with the lighter, more stylistically informed trends of the 1980s and 1990s, rather than the sometimes ponderous and indulgent 1960s. Not that this would ever be mistaken for a "period" performance, mind you -- among other things, there is far more use of rubato and vocal portamento than you'd be likely to hear now. But the music making does not sound dated. The cast members are well matched to their roles: Vladimiro Ganzarolli is a gruff-voiced and game Figaro who captures the spirit of his conflict with the Count perfectly, even if he is given to occasional crooning and intonation problems. The always-excellent Mirella Freni is a fantastic Susanna, spunky and vocally appealing. Ingvar Wixell embodies the blue-blooded impatience of the Count Almaviva as well as anyone ever has, and a young Jessye Norman is elegance personified as his mistreated wife, the Countess, though she was not yet at the peak of her abilities. Yvonne Minton, a charming Cherubino, and Maria Casula and Clifford Grant, as an unusually entertaining Marcellina and Bartolo, are equally satisfying. The sound and packaging are both good, although the decision to eliminate the libretto from the booklet (which undoubtedly accounts for some of the savings) is unfortunate; those who don't know the story well already will want a recording with a full text. In the end, choosing a favorite Figaro is a matter of personal taste, and there are as many good options as ever. Value alone should keep this one on your list.
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Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro / Act 1 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Clifford Grant, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Casula, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Clifford Grant, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Maria Casula, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Maria Casula, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 1 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro / Act 1 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 1 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro / Act 2 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
DISC 2
Le nozze di Figaro / Act 2 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Hudson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Clifford Grant, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Casula, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro / Act 3 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 3 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro / Act 3 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Lillian Watson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 3 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro / Act 3 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Clifford Grant, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - David Lennox, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Casula, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Clifford Grant, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Hudson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - David Lennox, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Casula, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Lillian Watson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Hudson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - Felicity Palmer, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Christina Clarke, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BBC Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
DISC 3
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 4 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Lillian Watson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro / Act 4 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Lillian Watson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Casula, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Maria Casula, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Clifford Grant, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Lillian Watson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 4 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro / Act 4 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Casula, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 4 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Le nozze di Figaro / Act 4 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clifford Grant, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Robert Tear, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mirella Freni, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jessye Norman, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Lillian Watson, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sir Colin Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Paul Hudson, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Onno Scholtze, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - David Lennox, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Casula, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ingvar Wixell, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erik Smith, Producer, Recording Producer - Hans Lauterslager, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
Album review
This is a time-tested recording of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, reissued as part of Philips' reasonably priced Trio series. Over 30 years old at the time of this release, and perhaps not among the best available when it was new, Colin Davis' 1971 performance is still a respectable entry in the catalog of Figaro recordings. Davis deserves a lot of the credit, since the reasonably brisk tempos, well-textured ensembles, and clean orchestral playing align this performance with the lighter, more stylistically informed trends of the 1980s and 1990s, rather than the sometimes ponderous and indulgent 1960s. Not that this would ever be mistaken for a "period" performance, mind you -- among other things, there is far more use of rubato and vocal portamento than you'd be likely to hear now. But the music making does not sound dated. The cast members are well matched to their roles: Vladimiro Ganzarolli is a gruff-voiced and game Figaro who captures the spirit of his conflict with the Count perfectly, even if he is given to occasional crooning and intonation problems. The always-excellent Mirella Freni is a fantastic Susanna, spunky and vocally appealing. Ingvar Wixell embodies the blue-blooded impatience of the Count Almaviva as well as anyone ever has, and a young Jessye Norman is elegance personified as his mistreated wife, the Countess, though she was not yet at the peak of her abilities. Yvonne Minton, a charming Cherubino, and Maria Casula and Clifford Grant, as an unusually entertaining Marcellina and Bartolo, are equally satisfying. The sound and packaging are both good, although the decision to eliminate the libretto from the booklet (which undoubtedly accounts for some of the savings) is unfortunate; those who don't know the story well already will want a recording with a full text. In the end, choosing a favorite Figaro is a matter of personal taste, and there are as many good options as ever. Value alone should keep this one on your list.
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About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 44 track(s)
- Total length: 02:54:52
- Main artists: Ingvar Wixell Jessye Norman Wladimiro Ganzarolli Mirella Freni Sir Colin Davis
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
- Collection: Complete Mozart Edition
© 2005 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 1971 Universal International Music B.V.
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