Lisa Della Casa sings Handel & Mozart | Australian Eloquence ELQ4820278

Lisa Della Casa sings Handel & Mozart

Label: Australian Eloquence

Cat No: ELQ4820278

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 11th March 2016

Contents

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Giulio Cesare, HWV17
» Breite aus, die gnad'gen Hande
» Es blaut die Nacht
» Hast du mich ganz berauscht?
» Heil und sicher kam mein Nachen
» Weine nur, klage nur

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Cosi fan tutte, K588
» Ei parte senti! ... Per pieta, ben mio, perdona
» Temerari! Sortite fuori ... Come scoglio immoto resta
Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K620
» Ach, ich fuhl's, es ist verschwunden (Act 2)
Don Giovanni, K527
» Ah fuggi il traditor
» Crudele? Non mi dir bel idol mio
» In quali eccessi ...Mi tradi
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492
» Cosa mi narri ... Canzonetta sull'aria
» E Susanna non vien! ... Dove sono
» Porgi amor
» Voi che sapete (Act 2)

Artists

Lisa Della Casa (soprano)
Roberta Peters (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Conductors

Heinrich Hollreiser
Josef Krips
Karl Bohm
Erich Leinsdorf
Erich Kleiber
Victor Reinshagen

Works

Handel, George Frideric

Giulio Cesare, HWV17
» Breite aus, die gnad'gen Hande
» Es blaut die Nacht
» Hast du mich ganz berauscht?
» Heil und sicher kam mein Nachen
» Weine nur, klage nur

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Cosi fan tutte, K588
» Ei parte senti! ... Per pieta, ben mio, perdona
» Temerari! Sortite fuori ... Come scoglio immoto resta
Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), K620
» Ach, ich fuhl's, es ist verschwunden (Act 2)
Don Giovanni, K527
» Ah fuggi il traditor
» Crudele? Non mi dir bel idol mio
» In quali eccessi ...Mi tradi
Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492
» Cosa mi narri ... Canzonetta sull'aria
» E Susanna non vien! ... Dove sono
» Porgi amor
» Voi che sapete (Act 2)

Artists

Lisa Della Casa (soprano)
Roberta Peters (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Conductors

Heinrich Hollreiser
Josef Krips
Karl Bohm
Erich Leinsdorf
Erich Kleiber
Victor Reinshagen

About

Among the legendary opera singers of the post-war era was Lisa Della Casa, one of the few internationally known musical stars produced by the little country of Switzerland, and a member of the exceptional Mozart ensemble built up by the Vienna State Opera.

For opera-goers on both sides of the Atlantic, she was the first choice as the Countess in Figaro and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni but, with a voice which the Italians would class as lirico-spinto, she commanded a number of verismo roles.

For a singer of her eminence, Lisa Della Casa made relatively few records. Central to her discography were the three Mozart–Da Ponte operas, recorded in Vienna in 1955 for the composer's bicentenary the following year with three of the most eminent Mozart conductors of the time – Karl Böhm (Così fan tutte), Erich Kleiber (Le nozze di Figaro) and Josef Krips (Don Giovanni). All three recordings have become benchmarks for these works and all three are highlighted in this collection. As was often the custom when she was recording, the arias from Handel's Giulio Cesare are sung in German.

The 1949 recordings (Cherubino's aria sung in German) are released on Decca CD for the first time.

‘beautifully sung, with much warmth and a good deal of style’
(Handel arias) Opera on Record, Vol.2

Track listing:

George Frideric Handel
Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV17
1. Hast du mich ganz berauscht?
2. Es blaut die Nacht
3. Breite aus, die gnäd’gen Hände
4. Weine nur, klage nur
5. Heil und sicher kam mein Nachen
Wiener Philharmoniker / Heinrich Hollreiser
Recorded: Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria, June 1956

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni, KV 527
6. Ah, fuggi il traditor
7. In quali eccessi – Mi tradi quell’alma ingrata, KV 540c
Wiener Philharmoniker / Josef Krips
Recorded: Redoutensaal, Vienna, Austria, 6–21 June 1955

8. Crudele! … non mi dir
Wiener Philharmoniker / Heinrich Hollreiser
Recorded: Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria, June 1956

Così fan tutte, KV 588
9. Temerare! Sortite … Come scoglio
10. Ei parte … Per pieta, ben mio, perdona
Wiener Philharmoniker / Karl Böhm
Recorded: Redoutensaal, Vienna, Austria, May 1955

Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492
11. Porgi amor
12. Cosa mi narri ... Canzonetta sull’aria*
*Roberta Peters (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker / Erich Leinsdorf

Recorded: Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria, June 1958

13. E Susanna non vien … Dove sono i bei momenti
Wiener Philharmoniker / Erich Kleiber
Recorded: Redoutensaal, Vienna, Austria, June 1955

Die Zauberflöte, KV 620
14. Ach, ich fühl’s
Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492
15. Voi che sapete
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Victor Reinshagen
Recorded: Victoria Hall, Geneva, November 1949

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