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Mozart - Cosi Fan Tutte - Großer Querschnitt In Italienischer Sprache / Margaret Price, Yvonne Minton, Geraint Evans, Luigi Alva, Lucia Popp, Hans Sotin, New Philharmonia Orchestra London, Otto Klemperer / His Master's Voice LP 1972
1C 037-02 368
Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (All Women Do It, or The School for Lovers), K. 588, is an opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte who also wrote Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni.
Although it is commonly held that Così fan tutte was written and composed at the suggestion of the Emperor Joseph II, recent research does not support this idea. There is evidence that Mozart's contemporary Antonio Salieri tried to set the libretto but left it unfinished. In 1994, John Rice uncovered two terzetti by Salieri in the Austrian National Library.
The short title, Così fan tutte, literally means "So do they all", using the feminine plural (tutte) to indicate women. It is usually translated into English as "Women are like that". The words are sung by the three men in act 2, scene 3, just before the finale; this melodic phrase is also quoted in the overture to the opera. Da Ponte had used the line "Così fan tutte le belle" earlier in Le nozze di Figaro (in act 1, scene 7).
Tracklist:
| Großer Querschnitt In Italienischer Sprache | |||
| A1 | Nein, Nein, Dorabella | ||
| A2 | Zieht Den Degen | ||
| A3 | Die Gepries'ne Weibertreue | ||
| A4 | Nichts Als Torheit der Dichter! | ||
| A5 | Eine Schöne Serenade | ||
| A6 | Ihr Freunde, Säumt Nicht Länger | ||
| A7 | Sind Sie Fort? | ||
| A8 | Weht Leiser, Ihr Winde | ||
| A9 | Befehlen Sie, Gnäd'ge Damen | ||
| A10 | O Laß Mich Doch! | ||
| A11 | Meim Männervolk, Bei Soldaten | ||
| A12 | Hier Der Schönen Despinetta | ||
| B1 | Fest Wie Der Felsen | ||
| B2 | Ach, Warum Flieht Ihr? | ||
| B3 | O Seid Nicht So Spröde | ||
| B4 | Wie, Ihr Könnt Lachen? | ||
| B5 | Kann Man Wohl Erfahren | ||
| B6 | Der Odem Der Liebe | ||
| B7 | Schon Ein Mädchen Von Fünfzehn Jahren | ||
| B8 | Das Ist Wahr | ||
| B9 | Ich Erwähle Mir Den Braunen | ||
| B10 | Empfange, Geliebte, Dies Herz Hier | ||
| B11 | Mädchen, So Treibt Ihr's Mit Allen | ||
| B12 | Alles Schilt auf Die Frauen |
- Baritone Vocals – Geraint Evans
- Bass – Hans Sotin
- Choir – John Alldis Choir
- Chorus Master – John Alldis
- Composed By – Mozart
- Conductor – Otto Klemperer
- Engineer [Son] – Michael Gray (5)
- Harpsichord [Continuo] – Otto Freudenthal
- Illustration [Couverture et Livret dessins des costumes] – Ponelle Jean-Pierre
- Libretto By – Lorenzo da Ponte
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Yvonne Minton
- Orchestra – New Philharmonia Orchestra London
- Photography By [Couverture et Livret] – G. Macdommic, London
- Producer – Suvi Raj Grubb
- Soprano Vocals – Lucia Popp, Margaret Price
- Tenor Vocals – Luigi Alva
