Bariton Christian Gerhaher is als liedzanger onovertroffen en heeft een schare fans die hem letterlijk over de hele wereld volgen. Ook in de grote operahuizen is hij uitgegroeid tot een wereldster, maar in tegenstelling tot een aantal van zijn collega’s, kiest hij het repertoire voor zijn soloalbums zorgvuldig. Dit album met Mozart-aria’s is daarop geen uitzondering, al valt de keuze om de verschillende delen van de 36e symfonie te onderbreken voor de aria’s te betwisten. Het Freiburger Barockorchester speelt de symfonie prachtig, maar waarom niet gekozen voor nog meer aria’s? Maar een kniesoor die daarover valt, want Gerhaher overtuigt andermaal.
Mozart Arias
Madamina, il catalogo è questo (from Don Giovanni)
Deh! vieni alla finestra (from Don Giovanni)
Fin ch'han dal vino (from Don Giovanni)
Symphony No. 36 in C major, K425 'Linz'
(individual movements interpersed with the arias)
Bravo, signor padrone…Se vuol ballare (from Le nozze di Figaro)
Meta di voi qua vadano (from Don Giovanni)
Non siate ritrosi (from Così fan tutte)
Ah, pieta, signori miei! (from Don Giovanni)
Der Vogelfänger bin ich, ja (from Die Zauberflöte)
Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (from Die Zauberflöte)
Papagena! Papagena! (from Die Zauberflöte)
Tutto e disposto...Aprite un po' quegl'occhi (from Le Nozze di Figaro)
Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso (from Le Nozze di Figaro)
Hai gia vinta la causa! (from Le nozze di Figaro)
Donne mie la fate a tanti (from Così fan tutte)
Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo (from Così fan tutte)
Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Freiburger Barockorchester
In addition to being one of the leading and most acclaimed Lieder singers performing today, Christian Gerhaher is also a highly sought-after performer on the opera stage. Having performed in some of the world's top opera houses, Gerhaher was awarded the prestigious Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera for his performance in Wagner's Tannhäuser at London's Royal Opera House.
Here Gerhaher devotes a complete album to arias from the operas of Mozart, together with the Freiburger Barockorchester, one of the top period instrument ensembles worldwide with a strong connection to the Mozart repertoire. The album features all the big baritone arias from Mozart’s most well-known operas, including Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Die Zauberflöte, Le nozze di Figaro, and also includes a recording of Symphony No. 36 in C Major K 425.
The booklet features notes written by one of Germany’s top intellectual authorities and experts on Mozart's operas, Prof. Dieter Borchmeyer.
Tracks
Disc 1
1. Il Dissoluto Punito Ossia Il Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I, Scene 5, No. 4: Madamina, Il Catalogo
2. Il Dissoluto Punito Ossia Il Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act Ii, Scene 3, No. 16: Deh Vieni Alla Fine
3. Il Dissoluto Punito Ossia Il Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I, Scene 15, No. 11: Fin Ch'han Dal Vino
4. Iv. Presto
5. Le Nozze Di Figaro, K. 492, Act I, Scene 2, No. 3: Bravo, Signor Padrone!... Se Vuol Ballare,
6. Il Dissoluto Punito Ossia Il Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act Ii, Scene 4, No. 17: Meta Di Voi Qua Vad
7. Cosi Fan Tutte, Ossia La Scuola Degli Amanti, K. 588, Act I, Scene 11, No. 15: Non Siate Ritros
8. Il Dissoluto Punito Ossia Il Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act Ii, Scene 9, No. 20: A Pieta, Signori Mi
9. Ii. Andante Con Moto
10. Die Zauberflöte, Kv. 620, Act I, No. 2: Der Vogelfänger Bin Ich Ja
11. Die Zauberflöte, Kv. 620, Act Ii, No. 20: Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen Wünscht Papageno Sich
12. Die Zauberflöte, Kv. 620, Act Ii, No. 21: Papagena! Papagena! Papagena!
13. Iii. Menuetto
14. Le Nozze Di Figaro, K. 492, Act Iv, Scene 8, No. 27: Tutto E Disposito... Aprite Un Po' Quegli
15. Le Nozze Di Figaro, K. 492, Act I, Scene 8, No. 10: Non Piu Andrai, Farfallone Amoroso
16. Le Nozze Di Figaro, K. 492, Act Iii, Scene 4, No. 18: Hai Gia Vinta La Causa!
17. Cosi Fan Tutte, Ossia La Scuola Degli Amanti, K. 588, Act Ii, Scene 8, No. 26: Donne Mie, La Fa
18. I. Adagio - Allegro Spiritoso
19. Cosi Fan Tutte, Ossia La Scuola Degli Amanti, K. 588, Act I, Scene 11, No. 15: Rivolgete A Lui
