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The Best Of The Marriage Of Figaro By Mozart / Original Recordings Featuring Elisabeth Schwarzkopf And Erich Kunz / Prism Leisure Audio CD 2004 / PLATCD 1231
UPC 5014293123129
The Marriage of Figaro (Italian: Le nozze di Figaro, pronounced [le ˈnɔttse di ˈfiːɡaro]), K. 492, is a commedia per musica (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786. The opera's libretto is based on the 1784 stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro ("The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro"). It tells how the servants Figaro and Susanna succeed in getting married, foiling the efforts of their philandering employer Count Almaviva to seduce Susanna and teaching him a lesson in fidelity.
Considered one of the greatest operas ever written, it is a cornerstone of the repertoire and appears consistently among the top ten in the Operabase list of most frequently performed operas. In 2017, BBC News Magazine asked 172 opera singers to vote for the best operas ever written. The Marriage of Figaro came in first out of the 20 operas featured, with the magazine describing the work as being "one of the supreme masterpieces of operatic comedy, whose rich sense of humanity shines out of Mozart’s miraculous score".
Tracklist:
Best Of The Marriage Of Figaro
Baritone Vocals [Figaro] – Erich Kunz, Bass Vocals [Antonio] – Wilhelm Felden, Bass Vocals [Dr. Bartolo] – Marjan Rus, Bass-Baritone Vocals [Count Almaviva] – George London (2), Chorus – Chorus Of The Vienna State Opera, Composed By – Mozart, Conductor – Herbert von Karajan, Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Marcellina] – Elisabeth Höngen, Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Soprano Vocals [Barbarina] – Rosi Schwaiger, Soprano Vocals [Cherubino] – Sena Jurinac, Soprano Vocals [Countess Almaviva] – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano Vocals [Susanna] – Irmgard Seefried, Tenor Vocals [Don Basilio & Don Curzio] – Erich Majkut |
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| 1.1 | Overture | 3:53 |
| 1.2 | Cinque...Dieci | 2:35 |
| 1.3 | Se Vuol Ballare | 2:12 |
| 1.4 | Non So Piu Cosa Son, Cosa Faccio | 2:59 |
| 1.5 | Cosa Sento! Tosto Andate | 4:41 |
| 1.6 | Non Piu Andrai | 3:27 |
| 1.7 | Porgi Amor | 4:02 |
| 1.8 | Voi, Che Sapete | 2:40 |
| 1.9 | Susanna, Or Via, Sortite | 2:49 |
| 1.10 | Aprite, Presto Aprite | 0:57 |
| 1.11 | Voi Signor, Chegiusto Siete | 3:45 |
| 1.12 | Crudel! Perche Finora | 2:38 |
| 1.13 |
Hai Gia Vinto La Causa!...Vedro, Mentr'io Sospiro | 4:55 |
| 1.14 | Riconosci In Questo Amplesso | 4:52 |
| 1.15 | E Susanna Non Vien!...Don Sono | 6:59 |
| 1.16 | Humming Chorus | 2:44 |
| 1.17 | Tutto E Disposto...Aprite Un Po' Quegi'occhi | 4:09 |
| 1.18 | Giunse Alfin Il Momento...Deh Vieni, Non Tardar | 4:37 |
| 1.19 | Pace, Pace Mio Dolce Tesoro!...Contessa, Perdono...Ah, Tutti Contenti | 7:5 |
- Booklet Editor – Tony Watts
- Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
