Harmonia Mundi: HMC901923/24

A new lease of life for Mozartean opera seria.

Too much ink has been spilt on this Clemenza di Tito supposedly composed in 18 days and which, so it is said, was conspicuously out of step with the times in 1791...

The interpretation offered here by René Jacobs is nothing short of revolutionary. Not only does it rehabilitate the original score in its entirety, notably the recitatives: it also restores the powerfully classical inspiration so essential to opera seria. In the final years of the Enlightenment, this was still the favoured genre of the educated man, and it is sheer delight to hear the language of Metastasio beginning to sing once more. As if magic, La clemenza suddenly springs to new and exciting life.

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0794881801121 HMC901923/24 Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621 Mark Padmore (Tito), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Vitellia), Bernarda Fink (Sesto), Marie-Claude Chappuis (Annio), Sunhae Im (Servilia) & Sergio Foresti (Publio) RIAS Kammerchor & Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs "utterly compelling...the lyricism and simplicity of the arias and choruses is unparalleled." The Independent on Sunday ***** Building a Library First Choice - September 2006 CD Review Critics Disc of the Year - December 2006 Harmonia Mundi - HMC901923/24 (CD - 2 discs) $26.49 In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day.

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