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Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K196

posthumous version from 1796

Sophie Karthäuser (Sandrina/Violante), Nicolas Rivenq (La Podesta), Jeremy Ovenden (Il Contino Belfiore), Alex Penda (Arminda), Marie-Claude Chappuis (Ramiro), Sunhae Im (Serpetta), Michael Nagy (Nardo/Roberto)

Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs

Jacobs's interpretations are always interesting, but here they slip between the magically unique and the quirky. The magical elements include the beautifully effective new orchestration of the... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Oct 2012
Catalogue No: HMC902126/28
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Series: Jacobs Mozart Operas
Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

10th September 2012

Mozart: La finta giardiniera

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Ouverture

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Act I, Scena prima No.1 Introduzione Ramiro, Podestà, Sandrina, Nardo, Serpetta: Che lieto giorno

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Act I, Recitativo Podestà, Ramiro, Serpetta, Nardo, Sandrina: Viva, viva il buon gusto

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Act I, No.2 Aria Ramiro: Se l'augellin se n' fugge

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Act I, Scena secondaRecitativo Podestà, Serpetta, Nardo, Sandrina: Presto, Nardo

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Act I, No.3 Aria Podestà: Dentro il mio petto io sento

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Act I, Scena terzaRecitativo Sandrina, Nardo: Della nemica sorteScena quartaRamiro, Nardo, Sandrina: Gl'uomini s'han da amar

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No.4 Aria (Sandrina) Noi donne poverine

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Act I, Recitativo Ramiro: Sarei felice appienoScena quintaNardo: Io per me non capisco

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Act I, No.5 Aria Nardo: A forza di martelli

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Act I, Scena sestaRecitativo Podestà, Arminda, Serpetta: Mia cara nipotina

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Act I, Scena settimaNo.6 Aria Contino: Che beltà, che leggiadria

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Act I, Recitativo Contino, Arminda, Podestà, Serpetta: Sposa Arminda

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Act I, No.7 Aria Arminda: Si promette facilmente

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Act I, Scena ottavaRecitativo Podestà, Contino: Che dite, signor Conte

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Act I, No.8 Aria Contino: Da scirocco a tramontana

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Act I, Recitativo Podestà: Evviva, evviva! Scena nona Serpetta: In questa casa non si può più stare

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Act I, No.9a Cavatina Serpetta: Un marito oh dio, vorreiRecitativo Nardo: Come in questa canzoneNo.9b Cavatina Nardo: Un marito, oh dio, vorresti

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Act I, Recitativo Serpetta, Nardo: Bravo, signor buffone

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Act I, No.10 Aria Serpetta: Appena mi vedon

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Act I, Scena decimaNo.11 Cavatina Sandrina: Geme la tortorella

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Act I, Recitativo Arminda, Sandrina: Questa sarà la bella giardinieraScena undicesimaContino, Arminda: Vi son io

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Act I, No.12 Finale I (Setteto) Contino, Sandrina: Numi! Che incanto è questoScena dodicesimaArminda, Ramiro, Contino, Sandrina: Ecco il liquor, prendete

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Act I, Scena tredicesimaPodestà, Sandrina, Contino, Arminda, Ramiro: Che silenzio!Scena quattordicesimaPodestà, Serpetta, Nardo: Che tratto è questo

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Act I, Scena quindicesimaSandrina, Contino, Serpetta, Podestà, Nardo, Arminda, Ramiro: Ma voi che pretendete

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Act I, Arminda, Ramiro, Podestà, Serpetta, Nardo, Sandrina, Contino: Perfido! Indegno

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Act II, Scena 1Recitativo Ramiro, Arminda: Non fuggirmi spietataScena secondaContino, Arminda: Ah che son disperato

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Act II, No.13 Aria Arminda: Vorrei punirti indegno

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Act II, Scena terzaRecitativo Contino, Serpetta: Ah costei non è donnaScena quartaSerpetta, Nardo: Quanto lo compatisco

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Act II, No.14 Aria Nardo: Con un vezzo all'italiana

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Act II, Recitativo Serpetta: Costui mi dà piacerScena quintaSandrina, Contino: Che strano caso è il mio!

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Act II, No.15 Aria Contino: Care pupille belle

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Act II, Scena sestaRecitativo Podestà, Sandrina: Va', Conte disgraziato

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Act II, No.16 Aria Sandrina: Una voce sento al core

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Act II, Scena settimaRecitativo Podestà, Arminda, Ramiro: Ah che son stato un sciocco!

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Act II, No.17 Aria Podestà: Una damina

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Act II, Scena ottavaRecitativo Ramiro, Arminda: Sappi Arminda, ben mioScena nonaRamiro: Eppur dalla costanza

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Act II, No.18 Aria Ramiro: Dolce d'amor compagna

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Act II, Scena decimaRecitativo Podestà, Arminda, Serpetta, Contino: Credimi nipotinaScena undicesimaSandrina, Contino, Arminda, Serpetta, Podestà: Io lo difendo

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Act II, Scena dodicesimaNo.19a Recitativo Contino: Ah non partir... m'ascoltaNo.19b Aria Contino: Già divento freddo, freddo

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Act II, Scena tredicesimaRecitativo Nardo, Ramiro, Podestà, Serpetta: Oh poveretto me!Scena quattordicesimaSerpetta, Nardo: Va' pur, ma questa volta

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Act II, No.20 Aria Serpetta: Chi vuol godere il mondo

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Act II, Scena quindicesimaNo.21 Aria Sandrina: Crudeli, oh dio!Recitativo Sandrina: Dove son!

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Act II, No.22 Cavatina Sandrina: Ah dal piantoRecitativo Sandrina: Ma qui niuno m'ascolta

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Act II, Scena sedicesimaNo.23 Finale II (Setteto) Contino, Nardo, Sandrina, Arminda: Fra quest'ombre

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Act II, Ramiro, Podestà, Arminda, Contino, Serpetta, Nardo, Sandrina: Qui fermate

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Act II, Sandrina, Contino, Podestà, Ramiro, Arminda, Serpetta, Nardo: Mio Tirsi, deh senti

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Act III, Scena prima Recitativo Serpetta, Nardo: Sentimi, Nardo mioScena secondaNardo, Contino, Sandrina: Dovrò dunque languire...

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Act III, No.24a Aria Nardo: Mirate che contrastoNo.24b Duetto Contino, Sandrina: Da bravi seguitate

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Act III, Scena terzaRecitativo Podestà, Serpetta: Oh, l'ho pensata beneScena quartaPodestà, Armind, Ramiro: Vedete che sfacciata

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Act III, No.25 Aria Podestà: Mio padrone

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Act III, Scena quintaRecitativo Arminda, Ramiro: Ramiro, orsù, alle corteScena sestaRamiro: E giunge a questo segno

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Act III, No.26 Aria Ramiro: Va' pure ad altri in braccio

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Act III, Scena settimaNo.27a. Recitativo Sandrina, Contino: Dove mai son!

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Act III, No.27b Duetto Contino, Sandrina: Tu mi lasci?

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Act III, Scena ultimaRecitativo Podestà, Nardo, Arminda, Serpetta, Contino, Sandrina, Ramiro: Ma nipote mia cara

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Act III, No.28 Finale III (Coro) Tutti: Vivo pur la giardiniera

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Recording of the Week, Mozart’s Don Giovanni

10th September 2012

Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s project cycle of Mozart’s major operas on Deutsche Grammophon gets off to a scintillating start with a starrily-cast take on ’Il dissoluto punito’, with Ildebrando d’Arcangelo as the eponymous libertine, and Diana Damrau and Joyce DiDonato as Anna and Elvira.

'La finta giardiniera' has long been one of the lesser-known operas of the young Mozart, perhaps because the original Munich version, sung in Italian, quickly disappeared from the repertoire until it was revived in German from 1779 onwards.

A posthumous version from 1796 displays skilful reorchestration: extremely ‘symphonic’ and typical of late Mozart – to such an extent that numerous specialists have thought they detected the composer’s own hand. It is this so-called ‘Námest' version that is recorded here by René Jacobs, who sees in this amazingly lively opera "a very ancient form of theatre, which blithely mingles farce with great passions (...) and elements typical of a 'modern' initiatory opera". René Jacobs reputation in the operas of Mozart is unsurpassed and this major rediscovery is a priority for the Autumn. The luxury packaging includes an essay on the Prague score and the customary scholarly notes from René Jacobs on his performing version.

Reviews

December 2012

Jacobs's interpretations are always interesting, but here they slip between the magically unique and the quirky. The magical elements include the beautifully effective new orchestration of the reconciliation duet...Sophie Karthauser as the gardener is effortlessly lyrical...Sebastian Weidanz accompanies the recitatives on a fortepiano with great dramatic understanding throughout.

28th September 2012

if Jacobs thinks this richer orchestration is more likely to appeal to modern ears than the sparser original, he’s probably right – and it’s impossible not to be won over by the total commitment of his vibrant account...As always with Jacobs, some of his idiosyncrasies can begin to grate on repeated listens, but that is a small quibble for what is an overwhelmingly joyous set.

November 2012

Jacobs now offers the best sung and characterised La Finta Giardiniera on disc...The brilliant, minutely responsive Freiburg period band, too, plays words as well as tones. And the cast, several of them Jacobs regulars, do well both individually and as a quick-witted ensemble team

November 2012

The highlights are too many to mention … In Jacobs’s flawless conducting, tempos are astutely judged, the more vigorous pages are given a thrilling punch and lyrical numbers are sculpted with the utmost legance...Karthauser’s Sandrina is a joy...the new top choice for this opera

March 2013

The Freiburger Barockorchester is in great form and gives an outstanding performance under Jacobs’ leadership, expressing all the colours, witty and moving moments with great clarity. Jacobs generally increases the tempi, which I personally found an enhancement to the score. It makes it more lively, brighter, thus leaving a more lasting impression. Mozart would probably have applauded this exceptional performance.

December 2014

Unless you're allergic to the occasional burst of continuo hyperactivity, I'd suggest checking out any and all of René Jacobs's Mozart opera series, but this 2012 recording of Finta is one of the pearls of the series, thanks in part to its triumvirate of sopranos - Sophie Karthäuser's gently glowing Sandrina, Alex Penda's volatile Arminda, and Sunhae Im's pert Serpetta.

7th October 2012

the richer orchestrations...make this comic sin of Mozart’s youth sound even more like a portent of masterpieces to come than usual. Jacobs can’t resist improvisatory antics...But his conducting is so lively, and his cast so committed, I can’t imagine even purist Mozartians wanting to go back to the sparser, tamer original.

26th September 2012

Finta's anticipations of the later, greater operas, Figaro especially, are underlined in this version...The hallmarks of Jacobs' Mozart recordings are clear here, too – especially the fondness for fast tempi and for favouring a cast of light, young voices, though the continuo playing in these recitatives seems less hyperactive than it sometimes has been.

New York Times 23rd November 2012

Mr. Jacobs has done it again. His recordings of Mozart’s operas bring back some of the thrill that must have attended these works when they were new.

Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K196

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