MOZART: Cosi fan tutte (complete + 9 bonus arias)
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD
Categories: Opera
Budget Periods: Classical
Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Directors: Herbert Von Karajan
Performers: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Leopold Simoneau, Lisa Otto, Nan Merriman, Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Rolando Panerai, Sesto Bruscantini
Available: 9
Price: $25.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
da Ponte
Recorded 1954
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Fiodiligi
Nan Merriman, Dorabella
Leopold Simoneau, Ferrando
Lisa Otto, Despina
Rolando Panerai, Guglielmo
Sesto Bruscantini, Don Alfonso
Herbert Von Karajan, conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus
Bonus tracks: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf since Mozart
with the Philharmonic Orchestra
Joh Pritchard conductor
Recorded in 1953
Has a 12 page booklet
"extra ease & freshness (of Schwarzkopf's) singing under Karajan makes it even more compelling. Merriman distinctive and characterful Dorabella, and ...Ferrando has never been sung more mellifluously on record than by Simoneau. ...Panerai is an ideal Guglielmo...Lisa Otto a pert Despina: while Bruscantini in his prime brings to the role of Don Alfonso all the wisdom and artistry which made him so compelling at Glyndebourne. Karajan has never sparkled more naturally in Mozart"
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