Mozart: The Complete Operas

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This set contains 20 of Mozart's operas on 44 CDs for a super value price. All the great operas are here — The Marriage of Figaro, Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute — as well as Mozart's more obscure operas, including L'oca del Cairo, Zaide, Il Sogno di Scipone and many others.

The list of artists is impressive and includes Kiri Te Kanawa, Montserrat Caballé, Mirella Freni, Peter Schreier, Robert Tear, Arleen Augér and many others. With equally impressive orchestras and conductors — London Symphony Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Sir Colin Davis; Sir Neville Marriner — you can't go wrong.

For opera lovers — and Mozart lovers — this is an essential set!

Critical praise:

"Davis obviously enjoyed working with the Dresden orchestra, which produces for him, as an ensemble and in detail, its best form. From the Overture, it is clear we shall hear a big, dramatic performance. That is confirmed at numerous places, not least in the scene with the Speaker, which Schreier and Adam, so articulate and concentrated, do better than anyone since Wunderlich and Hotter for Böhm. But then throughout Schreier's Tamino seems to me near ideal." —Gramophone (of The Magic Flute)

"Davis's tempi generally are beautifully chosen to make their dramatic points. Vocally the cast is exceptionally consistent. It is good to have so ravishingly beautiful a voice as Jessye Noman's for the Countess." —Penguin Guide (of The Marriage of Figaro)

"The energy and sparkle of Sir Colin Davis are set against inspired and characterful singing from the three women soloists, with Montserrat Cabballè and Janet Baker proving a winning partnership, each challenging and abetting the other all the time." —Penguin Guide (of Così fan tutte)

"This Tito sees Yvonne Minton on top form ... Popp's Servilia and von Stade's Annio are delightful in each other's company ... Throughout it is [Davis's] excitement and admiration for the work which is so palpably transferred to the listener." —Gramophone (of La clemenza di Tito)

"Ann Murray has never sung more seductively in Mozart than here as Giacinta, and the characterful Barbara Hendricks is a delight in the central role of Rosina." —Penguin Guide of La finta semplice

"Leopold Hager has a strong vocal team...It is a charming comedy which here, with crisply performed recitatives, is presented with vigour, charm and persuasiveness." —Penguin Guide (of La finta giardiniera)

Contents

The Marriage of Figaro, K492: Lillian Watson, Mirella Freni, Jessye Norman, Sopranos; Yvonne Minton, Mezzo-soprano; Robert Tear, David Lennox , Tenors; Clifford Grant, Bass; Ingvar Wixell, Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritones; BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; Sir Colin Davis, Conductor.

Don Giovanni, K527: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Mirella Freni, Sopranos; Glorivy Arroyo, Mezzo-soprano; Stuart Burrows, Tenor; Richard Van Allan, Luigi Roni, Basses; Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Ingvar Wixell, Baritones; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra & Chorus; Sir Colin Davis, Conductor.

Così fan tutte, K588: Montserrat Caballé, Ileana Cotrubas, Sopranos; Dame Janet Baker, Mezzo-soprano; Nicolai Gedda, Tenor; Richard Van Allan, Bass; Wladimiro Ganzarolli, Baritone; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra & Chorus; Sir Colin Davis, Conductor.

La clemenza di Tito, K621: Lucia Popp, Soprano; Dame Janet Baker, Frederica Von Stade, Yvonne Minton , Mezzo-sopranos; Stuart Burrows, Tenor; Robert Lloyd, Bass; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra & Chorus; Sir Colin Davis, Conductor.

The Magic Flute, K620: Margaret Price, Luciana Serra, Marie McLaughlin, Maria Venuti, Sopranos; Ann Murray, Hanna Schwarz, Mezzo-sopranos; Peter Schreier, Robert Tear, Tenors; Kurt Moll, Theo Adam, Basses; Mikael Melbye, Baritone; Leipzig Radio Chorus; Dresden Kreuz Choir; Dresden Staatskapelle; Sir Colin Davis, Conductor.

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384: Christiane Eda-Pierre, Norma Burrowes; Sopranos; Robert Tear, Stuart Burrows, Tenors; Curd Jürgens, Vocals; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; John Alldis Choir; Sir Colin Davis, Conductor.

Idomeneo, K366: Roberta Alexander, Barbara Hendricks, Sopranos; Susanne Mentzer, Mezzo-soprano; Uwe Heilmann, Werner Hollweg, Francisco Araiza, Tenors; Harry Peeters, Bass; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; Sir Colin Davis, Conductor.

La finta semplice, K51 (46a): Barbara Hendricks, Eva Lind, Sopranos; Ann Murray, Mezzo-soprano; Hans-Peter Blochwitz, Douglas Johnson, Tenors; Siegfried Lorenz, Andreas Schmidt, Baritones; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Peter Schreier, Conductor.

Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K87 (74a): Ileana Cotrubas, Edita Gruberova, Christine Weidinger, Arleen Auger, Sopranos; Agnes Baltsa, Mezzo-soprano; David Kuebler, Werner Hollweg, Tenors; Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; Leopold Hager, Conductor.

Ascanio in Alba, K111: Arleen Auger, Edith Mathis, Lilian Sukis, Sopranos; Agnes Baltsa, Mezzo-soprano; Peter Schreier, Tenor; Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra & Cathedral Choir; Leopold Hager, Conductor.

Il sogno di Scipione, K126: Edita Gruberova, Edith Mathis, Lucia Popp, Sopranos; Peter Schreier, Thomas Moser, Claes H. Ahnsjö, Tenors; Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra & Cathedral Choir; Leopold Hager, Conductor.

Lucio Silla, K135: Edith Mathis, Julia Varády, Helen Donath, Arleen Auger, Sopranos; Peter Schreier, Werner Krenn, Tenors; Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra & Cathedral Choir; Leopold Hager, Conductor.

La finta giardiniera, K196: Julia Conwell, Lilian Sukis, Sopranos; Brigitte Fassbaender, Mezzo-sopranos; Thomas Moser, Ezio di Cesare, Tenors; Barry McDaniel, Baritone.

Der Schauspieldirektor, K486: Ruth Welting, Ileana Cotrubas, Sopranos; Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor; Clifford Grant, Bass; Estelle Kercher, Vocals; London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Colin Davis, Conductor.

Zaide, K344 (334b): Edith Mathis, Soprano; Werner Hollweg, Armin Ude, Peter Schreier, Tenors; Reiner Süss, Bass; Ingvar Wixell, Baritone; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Bernhard Klee, Conductor.

La finta giardiniera, K196: Ileana Cotrubas, Jessye Norman, Helen Donath, Sopranos; Tatiana Troyanos, Mezzo-soprano; Gerhard Unger, Werner Hollweg, Tenors; Hermann Prey, Baritone; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Conductor.

Bastien und Bastienne, K50 (46a): Dominik Orieschnig, Boy Soprano; David Busch, Boy Alto; Georg Nigl, Baritone; Vienna Symphony Orchestra; Uwe Christian Harrer, Conductor.

Lo sposo deluso, K430 (424a): Felicity Palmer, Ileana Cotrubas, Sopranos; Robert Tear, Tenor; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone; London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Colin Davis, Conductor.

L'oca del Cairo, K422: Pamela Coburn, Edith Wiens, Inga Nielsen, Sopranos; Peter Schreier, Douglas Johnson, Tenors; Anton Scharinger, Bass; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Peter Schreier, Conductors.

Il rè pastore, K208: Angela Maria Blasi, Sylvia McNair; Sopranos; Iris Vermillion, Mezzo-soprano; Claes H. Ahnsjö, Jerry Hadley, Tenors; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Sir Neville Marriner, Conductor.