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Mozart - Cosi Fan Tutte, K. 588 - Highlights / Felicity Lott, Marie McLaughlin, Nuccia Focile, Jerry Hadley, Alessandro Corbelli, Gilles Cachemaille / Sir Charles Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Telarc Audio CD 1995 / CD-80399
UPC 089408039928
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).
| Label: | Telarc – CD-80399 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | US |
| Released: |
1995 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera, Classical |
Tracklist:
| 1 | 01 Ouvertura | 4:01 | |
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Act One |
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| 2 | N 1: Terzetto - "La Mia Dorabella Capace Non É" | 1:51 | |
| 3 | N. 4: Duetto - "Ah Guarda, Sorella" | 4:28 | |
| 4 | N. 5: Aria - "Vorrei Dir" | 0:43 | |
| 5 | N. 6: Quintetto - Sento, Oddio, Che Questo Piede" | 4:04 | |
| 6 | N. 8: Coro - "Bella Via Militar!" | 1:35 | |
| 7 | N. 9: Quintetto - "Di Srivermi Ogni Giorno" | 2:45 | |
| 8 | N. 10: Terzettino - "Soave Sia Il Vento" | 2:52 | |
| 9 | N. 11: Aria - "Smanie Implacabili" | 1:48 | |
| 10 | N. 12: Aria - "In Uomini, In Soldati" | 2:27 | |
| 11 | N. 14: Aria - "Come Scoglio Immoto Resta" | 4:38 | |
| 12 | N. 15: Aria - "Non Siate Ritrosi" | 1:44 | |
| 13 | N. 16: Terzetto - "E Voi Ridete" | 0:55 | |
| 14 | N. 17: Aria - "Un'aura Amorosa" | 4:27 | |
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Act Two |
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| 15 | N. 19: Aria - "Una Donna A Quindici Anni" | 3:19 | |
| 16 | N. 22: Quartetto - "La Mano A Me Date" | 2:41 | |
| 17 | N. 23: Duetto - "Il Core Vi Dono, Bell'idolo Anima Bella" |
4:24 | |
| 18 | N. 24: Aria - "Ah, Lo Veggio: Quell'anima Bella" | 3:51 | |
| 19 | N. 25: Rondo - "Per Pietá, Ben Mio, Perdona" | 2:53 | |
| 20 | N. 26: Aria - "Donne Mie, La Fate E Tanti" | 3:10 | |
| 21 | N. 27: Cavatina - "Tradito, Schernito" | 2:10 | |
| 22 | N. 28: Aria - "É Amore Un Landroncello" | 3:04 | |
| 23 | N. 29: Duetto - Fra Gli Amplessi" | 6:08 | |
| 24 | N. 30: Aria - "Tutti Acussan Le Donne" | 1:04 |
- Baritone Vocals – Alessandro Corbelli
- Bass Vocals – Gilles Cachemaille
- Chorus – Scottish Chamber Chorus
- Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Conductor – Sir Charles Mackerras
- Orchestra – Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Soprano Vocals – Felicity Lott, Marie McLaughlin, Nuccia Focile
- Tenor Vocals – Jerry Hadley
