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This album of Mozart opera overtures will certainly delight the Mozart fan, as performed by La Cetra Barockorchester Basel under the baton of Andrea Marcon. This is indeed an orchestra that understands Mozart; the musicians utilize excellent technique and solid musicianship that respects Mozart's phrasing and dynamics. Apollo et Hyacinthus is sweet, light, and almost Baroque in character, as is La finta semplice, therefore these pieces are fitting for a Baroque orchestra. La finta semplice feels, one might argue, rather like a chamber piece or a concerto grosso; thus, it is interesting to examine the style of Mozart's overtures and how they vary in character over time. With Mitridate, one hears more of that famed Mozart melodic lyricism, coupled with his playfulness at the end of the piece. Ascanio in Alba is sunny yet majestic at the beginning, and this contrast is carefully performed by La Cetra. Betulia liberata is exciting in a different way, for the orchestra begins darkly and passionately, and then interprets the piece actively and aggressively. Generally speaking, Marcon conducts the works rather up-tempo, for they all seem to move and rarely stagnate. Mozart aficionados may listen most carefully to the overtures of the composer's very frequently performed operas, such as Le nozze di Figaro, with its swirling mystery at the beginning, or Don Giovanni, which begins gloomy and slowly, before it picks up the tempo. Perhaps this piece is slightly disappointing, for it is arguably the most dramatic of Mozart's operas, and the orchestra could have pushed the metaphorical envelope further here. But any artist or group of artists will always have a work in their repertoire that is less strong than others, so this cannot deter the listener from the merits of this CD. Così fan tutte, however, feels very fresh, and it concludes with exciting percussion. Also noteworthy is the overture to Die Zauberflöte, in which the orchestra has paid careful attention to the phrasing; one can especially hear this in the beautifully precise bowing in the violins. One comes away with a sense that certainly La Cetra Barockorchester Basel relishes this music and approaches it with a great sense of fun and levity. It is a solid choice for those who wish to include an album of Mozart overtures in their collection, played, so to speak, with a Baroque hand.
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Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Padre Rufinus Widl, O.S.B., Author - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Bastien und Bastienne, K. 50 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Johann Andreas Schachtner, Author - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Friedrich Wilhelm Weiskern, Author - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
La finta semplice, K. 51 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Carlo Goldoni, Author, Original Text Author - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Marco Coltellini, Author - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Mitridate, re di Ponto, K. 87 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi, Author - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Jean Racine, Author, Original Text Author - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
La Betulia liberata, K. 118 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Ascanio in Alba, KV 111 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Giuseppe Parini, Author - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Lucio Silla (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Giovanni de Gamerra, Author - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Il re pastore, K. 208 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Pietro Metastasio, Author - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Idomeneo, re di Creta, K. 366 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Giovanni Battista Varesco, Author - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Author, Original Text Author - Gottlieb Stephanie the Younger, Author - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Der Schauspieldirektor, K. 486 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Johann Gottlieb Stephanie der Jüngere, Author - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Author, Original Text Author - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Don Giovanni, ossia Il dissoluto punito, K. 527 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Così fan tutte, K. 588 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Author - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
La clemenza di Tito, K. 621 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Markus Heiland, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Pietro Metastasio, Author, Original Text Author - Caterino Mazzolà, Author - Andrea Marcon, Conductor, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ute Fesquet, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Albumbeschreibung
This album of Mozart opera overtures will certainly delight the Mozart fan, as performed by La Cetra Barockorchester Basel under the baton of Andrea Marcon. This is indeed an orchestra that understands Mozart; the musicians utilize excellent technique and solid musicianship that respects Mozart's phrasing and dynamics. Apollo et Hyacinthus is sweet, light, and almost Baroque in character, as is La finta semplice, therefore these pieces are fitting for a Baroque orchestra. La finta semplice feels, one might argue, rather like a chamber piece or a concerto grosso; thus, it is interesting to examine the style of Mozart's overtures and how they vary in character over time. With Mitridate, one hears more of that famed Mozart melodic lyricism, coupled with his playfulness at the end of the piece. Ascanio in Alba is sunny yet majestic at the beginning, and this contrast is carefully performed by La Cetra. Betulia liberata is exciting in a different way, for the orchestra begins darkly and passionately, and then interprets the piece actively and aggressively. Generally speaking, Marcon conducts the works rather up-tempo, for they all seem to move and rarely stagnate. Mozart aficionados may listen most carefully to the overtures of the composer's very frequently performed operas, such as Le nozze di Figaro, with its swirling mystery at the beginning, or Don Giovanni, which begins gloomy and slowly, before it picks up the tempo. Perhaps this piece is slightly disappointing, for it is arguably the most dramatic of Mozart's operas, and the orchestra could have pushed the metaphorical envelope further here. But any artist or group of artists will always have a work in their repertoire that is less strong than others, so this cannot deter the listener from the merits of this CD. Così fan tutte, however, feels very fresh, and it concludes with exciting percussion. Also noteworthy is the overture to Die Zauberflöte, in which the orchestra has paid careful attention to the phrasing; one can especially hear this in the beautifully precise bowing in the violins. One comes away with a sense that certainly La Cetra Barockorchester Basel relishes this music and approaches it with a great sense of fun and levity. It is a solid choice for those who wish to include an album of Mozart overtures in their collection, played, so to speak, with a Baroque hand.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:16:32
- Main artists: La Cetra Barockorchester Basel Andrea Marcon
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2011 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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