Mozart - Cosi fan Tutte
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Label: Brilliant Classics - Opera Collection
Cat No: 93925
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 23rd March 2009
Contents
Artists
Soile IsokoskiMonica Groop
Nancy Argenta
Markus Schafer
Per Vollestad
Huub Claessens
Le Petite Bande Orchestra & Chorus
Conductor
Sigiswald KuijkenWorks
Cosi fan tutte, K588Artists
Soile IsokoskiMonica Groop
Nancy Argenta
Markus Schafer
Per Vollestad
Huub Claessens
Le Petite Bande Orchestra & Chorus
Conductor
Sigiswald KuijkenAbout
One of a series called the 'Opera Collection' – an extensive new collection of operas, ranging from baroque to the twentieth century, many of which are award winners.
The last of the great collaborations with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, Così fan tutte was, for many years, considered unworthy of a composer of Mozart’s genius. The problem was the frivolous nature of the plot and its misogynistic theme – testing the fidelity of women through a series of tricks pulled by their lovers.
Dig deeper, however, and a clever comedy of manners emerges. Mozart’s genius in depicting human emotions and frailties is breathtaking. His simultaneous mix of the comic, the cruel and the serious has seldom been used to such effect by any composer before or since – and even with such a skilled librettist as da Ponte, the quality of the music far outshines that of the text.
Today, Così fan tutte is ranked rightly alongside Mozart’s other great operas.
This recording was made originally by Accent in 1994. Isokoski, Groop and Argenta are renowned performers of this repertoire and Kuijken is one of the foremost period-performance conductors. The accompanying booklet contains an introduction to the opera and a comprehensive synopsis of the plot.
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