Music : Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail / Orgonasova, Sieden, Olsen, Peper, Hauptmann, Minetti; Gardiner
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028943585729
Label: Archiv Produktion
Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Archiv Produktion
Release Date: April 13, 1993
Sales Rank: 56275
Studio: Archiv Produktion
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All in all I was very pleased with this recording. The only complaints that I have would be that Konstanze's and Blonde's voices sound very dry to me. Personally I prefer a Soprano with a more rich, "wet" sounding voice if you will. Orgonasova execute's "Marten Allen Arten" very well, with a display of impeccable technique. I think Hauptmann plays Osmin very well, capturing the Powerful, Menacing, yet Slightly "Oafy" essence the character demands (although As I have witnessed here and in a recording of La Clemenza di Tito that I bought that also has Hauptmann in it, he isn't the best when it comes to coloratura passages; his voice sounds rather "klunky" when executing a sixteenth note run). The lead Tenor (can't remember his name), gives an excellent performance, have at times a very playful sound (such as in his duet with Osmin, "Vivat Bacchus"), or in his opening aria,where he sounds like a teenage boy pining over a girl, which is done very tastefully. Like I said, Overall, this is a wonderful performance, and I think it would be worth your money.
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This is one of the most delightful opera recordings I've encountered. Gardiner brings the freshness of his authentic-performance approach to one of Mozart's freshest-sounding works. (The composer was 25 when he wrote it in 1781).
The role of Konstanze is very demanding, but throughout, Luba Organasova shows that she has what it takes. The conclusion of "Martern aller Arten", where she sings against fortissimo chords from the full orchestra, is thrilling; the Penguin Guide aptly describes her performance with the words "tremendous swagger."
Yet my favorite singer on the recording is the Blonde, Cyndia Sieden, who has a voice of silver and sings with great verve and charm. There's perfect moment in "Durch Zaertlichkeit und Schmeicheln" when she sings a meltingly tender and poignant passage--then punctuates it with a giggle. Stanford Olsen sings Belmonte with beautiful tone and conviction, though the coloratura passages in his part occasionally give him trouble. Not so Cornelius Hauptmann, the Osmin, who handles the comic arpeggios and trills of "O, wie will ich triumphieren" with panache. He also plays his character very well--comically, but not too coarsely.
The Turkish music, with cymbals, bass drum, triangle, and flageolet, is often in faster-than-expected tempo, colorful and stirring. There's some new music, too, only recently rediscovered at the time the recording was made: a little march for winds, coming just before the Pasha's ... Read More
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This opera has always been one of Mozart's most popular. Except, apparently, for the very first performances, audiences have loved it. If you have somehow not heard it yet, I believe you will love it as well. The music is delightful and the story is wonderfully preposterous and provides for many delights. This is an easy opera to love because of the wide variety of music it contains. Lyric love tunes, aching arias, rousing marches, and wonderful ensemble pieces. Oh, and there is no recitative (that half-sung talking in Grand Opera that some people dislike). Instead, the characters converse (although in German).
If you are new to opera and want to learn why you should love it, this should be one of your early experiences because it will delight you and encourage further explorations. The "Turkish" music that was so in vogue in Mozart's time, keeps on delighting people today.
This performance / recording is very fine. I bought it because of Stanford Olsen who sings Belmote. He sang the tenor in a performance of "Messiah" here in Ann Arbor a couple of years ago and I was most impressed. He is terrific here as well (listen to the aria Mozart said was his favorite of the Singspiel on track 7). Olsen has a beautiful voice with great tone and facility. He sings with intelligence, wit, and delight in the music. I think he should be better known.
Cornelius Hauptmann is just magical as Osmin, Luba Orgonasova is a delightful treasure as Konstanze. ... Read More
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When Mozart produced this opera for the stuffy Vienna public, an opera commissioned to him by the Emperor, he was criticized for writing "too many notes". This is portrayed in the film Amadeus. Abduction From The Seraglio (Die Entfurg aus dem Serail in German) is a bubbly, comic, romantic opera that stands out as Mozart's first German opera as well as the first Singspiel. It was a type of opera with spoken dialogue and not sing-song recitative dialogue between arias. Because the drama was usually light-hearted, the earthier and less pretentious public could relate. Mozart would again write another Singspiel when he wrote The Magic Flute.
Abduction From The Seraglio was quite popular. Vienna, at the time, was going mad about Turkish fashion and culture. A clear evidence on how Turkish-style music was dominating the musical scene is Mozart's "Alla Turca" sonata, embellished with bells to sound more Turkish. Abduction tells the story of Constanza, a beautiful Christian Englishwoman partially based on Mozart's own wife Constanze, who he was marrying at the time of the opera's completion. She is abducted from the comfort of her home and the arms of her betrothed Belmonte. Servants of hers are taken, too, including a comic maid that is almost like Susannah from Le Nozze Di Figaro. The Pasha is the master of a harem and imprisons Constanza in it. Belmonte devises a plan to rescue Constanza and when he penetrates the harem, the Pasha's forces surround them. But the Pasha is lenient ... Read More
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I'm so glad of having this fabulous recording
Since I listened to Luba Orgonasova singing by the first time, it seemed to me so beatuful, so charming, so perfect...
since then I've become a fan of hers and I try to get as much as possible of all her recordings and discographie...
in few words, SHE'S THE BEST SOPRANO I'VE EVER LISTENED TO.
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by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, John Eliot Gardiner, Luba Orgonasova, Cyndia Sieden, Stanford Olsen, Uwe Peper, Cornelius Hauptmann, English Baroque Soloists
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Related Items:- Mozart - La clemenza di Tito / Rolfe Johnson, Varady, von Otter, McNair, Robbin, Hauptmann, English Baroque Soloists, Gardiner
- Mozart - Idomeneo / Domingo, Bartoli, Grant Murphy, Vaness, Hampson, Terfel, Lopardo, MET, Levine
- Donizetti - La Fille du Régiment / Sutherland, Pavarotti, Malas, Sinclair, ROH Covent Garden, Bonynge
- Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
- Gaetano Donizetti - La Fille du regiment / Dessay, Florez, Palmer, Corbelli, French, Campanella, Pelly (Royal Opera House 2007)
- see more
Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028943585729
Label: Archiv Produktion
Manufacturer: Archiv Produktion
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Archiv Produktion
Release Date: April 13, 1993
Sales Rank: 56275
Studio: Archiv Produktion
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