Barbara Frittoli/ Mozart / Sir Charles Mackerras/ Scottish Chamber Orchestra/ Erato/2001

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Sir Charles Mackerras (Conductor), Scottish Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra), Barbara Frittoli (Performer)

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Performer: Barbara Frittoli

Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Audio CD (April 17, 2001)

Label: Erato

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Track Listings

1. Cosi fari tutte: Temerari, sortite...Come scoglio

2. Cosi fari tutte: El parte...Per pieta

3. Le nozze di Figaro: Porgi, amor

4. Le nozze di Figaro: E Susanna non vien!... Dove song

5. Idomeneo, re di Creta: O smania! oh furie!...D'Oreste, d'Alace

6. Don Giovanni: In quali eccessi, o Numi...Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata

7. Don Giovanni: Crudele!...Non mi dir

8. Bella mia fiamma, addio!: Concert aria K 528

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“This disc of arias from five Mozart operas showcases the soprano Barbara Frittoli. When Graham Vick's ill-fated Don Giovanni was featured in the 2000 Glyndebourne season, almost the only thing that wasn't booed was Frittoli's Donna Anna: a model of decorum, elegance, and vocal poise amid the onstage carnage, which confirmed her status as one of the outstanding Mozart sopranos of the past decade. Elviras, Annas, Fiordiligis, and Contessas have become her stock-in-trade; and here they all are, represented on this disc (alongside an Electra from Idomeneo and the mini-drama of the concert aria "Bella mia fiamma, addio") in singing of extraordinary musicianship and stature. Stature is the word, because although Frittoli is young, the voice is grand with a deliberate, divalike imperiousness that seems to prize cultivation over spontaneity. And the tempi here are equally deliberate under the strong though sometimes oversolid baton of Sir Charles Mackerras. But no matter. These are classic readings of the standard arias and a useful document of the achievement of a rising star. --Michael White/ Amazon.com

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