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You may have heard about the radical Mozart performances coming out of the provincial city of Perm, Russia, led by conductor Teodor Currentzis. He's in the middle of a cycle of Mozart's operas with libretti by Lorenzo da Ponte, with a sure-to-be-explosive Don Giovanni yet to come as of late 2015. This single-album set of excerpts from Currentzis' reading of Così fan tutte has sold well out of the blocks, perhaps to listeners curious to hear what the fuss is about, but unwilling to invest in an entire box set. With only snatches of recitative and transition, you miss the outrageous continuo group of fortepiano, lute, cello/gamba, and, yes, hurdy-gurdy. That's a major omission, but all the other aspects of the full opera, and of Currentzis' gleeful disregard for convention, are amply represented. Consider the garish tempo contrasts, with the blistering overture pushed right up to the boundary of playability, while soon after that in Act One the trio "Soave sia il vento" is glacial. That number is one of the many places where it's apparent that soprano Simone Kermes, as Fiordiligi, is perhaps Currentzis' ideal collaborator, able to cope with extravagant musical demands, to deliver fresh characterizations, and generally to enter into the spirit of the thing and make you believe that maybe, just maybe, everybody will be performing Mozart this way in 30 years. In general the characterizations are strong and appealing; Currentzis may be a wild man, but he does not unduly draw attention to himself. And the work of his hand-built Musicaeterna, his historical-instruments group in Perm, is sharp as a tack here: it's an ensemble that can react to all of this conductor's demands. You may get a shock from this, but it's a good kind of shock, and the excerpt album can be generally recommended.
© TiVo
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Così fan tutte ossia La scuola degli amanti, K. 588 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Christopher Maltman - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - Kenneth Tarver, Tenor - Konstantin Wolff - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Christopher Maltman - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - Kenneth Tarver, Tenor - Konstantin Wolff - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - Simone Kermes, Soprano - Malena Ernman, Soprano - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - Simone Kermes, Soprano - Malena Ernman, Soprano - Konstantin Wolff - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - Malena Ernman, Soprano - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Anna Kasyan, Soprano - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - Simone Kermes, Soprano - Malena Ernman, Soprano - Christopher Maltman - Kenneth Tarver, Tenor - Anna Kasyan, Soprano - Konstantin Wolff - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - Simone Kermes, Soprano - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Christopher Maltman - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Kenneth Tarver, Tenor - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Anna Kasyan, Soprano - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - Simone Kermes, Soprano - Malena Ernman, Soprano - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Christopher Maltman - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - Kenneth Tarver, Tenor - Anna Kasyan, Soprano - Konstantin Wolff - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - Malena Ernman, Soprano - Christopher Maltman - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - Simone Kermes, Soprano - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Christopher Maltman - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - Simone Kermes, Soprano - Kenneth Tarver, Tenor - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Christopher Maltman - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - Kenneth Tarver, Tenor - Konstantin Wolff - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor, Main Artist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Anna Kasyan, Soprano - Lorenzo Da Ponte, Librettist - Konstantin Wolff - MusicAeterna, Associated Performer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Maximilien Ciup, Recording Engineer - Damien Quintard, Editor - Florent Olliver, Editor, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
You may have heard about the radical Mozart performances coming out of the provincial city of Perm, Russia, led by conductor Teodor Currentzis. He's in the middle of a cycle of Mozart's operas with libretti by Lorenzo da Ponte, with a sure-to-be-explosive Don Giovanni yet to come as of late 2015. This single-album set of excerpts from Currentzis' reading of Così fan tutte has sold well out of the blocks, perhaps to listeners curious to hear what the fuss is about, but unwilling to invest in an entire box set. With only snatches of recitative and transition, you miss the outrageous continuo group of fortepiano, lute, cello/gamba, and, yes, hurdy-gurdy. That's a major omission, but all the other aspects of the full opera, and of Currentzis' gleeful disregard for convention, are amply represented. Consider the garish tempo contrasts, with the blistering overture pushed right up to the boundary of playability, while soon after that in Act One the trio "Soave sia il vento" is glacial. That number is one of the many places where it's apparent that soprano Simone Kermes, as Fiordiligi, is perhaps Currentzis' ideal collaborator, able to cope with extravagant musical demands, to deliver fresh characterizations, and generally to enter into the spirit of the thing and make you believe that maybe, just maybe, everybody will be performing Mozart this way in 30 years. In general the characterizations are strong and appealing; Currentzis may be a wild man, but he does not unduly draw attention to himself. And the work of his hand-built Musicaeterna, his historical-instruments group in Perm, is sharp as a tack here: it's an ensemble that can react to all of this conductor's demands. You may get a shock from this, but it's a good kind of shock, and the excerpt album can be generally recommended.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:19
- Main artists: Teodor Currentzis
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2014 Sony Music Entertainment
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