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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621Live Recording from The Felsenreitschule, Salzburg Festival, 2003
Set Design by Jens Kilian Arthaus presents a truly new way of looking at La clemenza di Tito with this famous and star-studded production from the Salzburg Festival 2003. Here Nikolaus Harnoncourt, renowned for his analytical approach to the search for the core of the music, interprets Mozart’s last opera. Martin Kušej, who is acclaimed for his theatre productions directs the production. Nikolaus Harnoncourt identifies with Mozart’s score as both an extremely knowledgeable musician and a conductor who invariably plays an active part in helping to shape the drama. Together with the Vienna Philharmonic, he savours the miracles of Mozart’s late work, bringing out its instrumental colours and effects and at the same time stimulating his singers while proving a solicitous accompanist. Martin Kušej’s production emphasizes the darker sides of the piece, exploring the opera’s basic archetypal patterns while at the same time interpreting it as a highly topical and – in the truest sense of the term – timeless political and human power game. His ability to bring this concept across by focussing on every last detail of the characterization reflects the demand to provide new insights into Mozart’s works that, in Salzburg more than anywhere else, is incumbent upon interpreters. The suggestive power of this performance however, is also due to an ensemble that was truly worthy of a festival appearance. As one critic wrote, six handpicked artists “brought to their parts both plenty of character and a flawless technique”. Sound Format: LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1 Picture Format: 16:9 DVD Format: 1 x DVD 5, 1 x DVD 9 / NTSC Subtitle Languages: DE, GB, FR, ES, IT Running Time: 160 mins FSK: 0 “The strongest point in its favour is its communication of the work's austere power: a music-drama that both sums up the past and looks far into the future...The characters, whether or not one accepts Kusej's view of them, are all delineated with extraordinary vividness; in purely vocal terms likewise this is a Tito cast of considerable all-round distinction.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2011 ** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K6212005 Zürich Opera production by Jonathan Miller
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| |  | Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621From the Drottningholm Court Theatre 1987Stage Direction by Göran Järvefelt, Costumes by Börje Edh and Göran Järvefelt & Directed and produced for TV by Thomas Olofsson
Stefan Dahlberg, Anita Soldh, Lani Poulson & Marie Höglind The Drottningholm Court Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, Arnold Östman Recording Date: 1987
Place of recording: From the Drottningholm Court Theatre
Running Time: 128 min
Picture Format: 4:3
Sound Format: PCM Stereo
Language: I
Menu Languages NTSC: D, F, GB, SP
Subtitle Languages NTSC: D, F, GB, I, SP
“Järvefelt at his best … the whole evening – authentic but bristling with his life – was a shining example of everything Drottningholm stands for.” Financial Times | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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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. “A high-voltage performance with vivid characterisations” BBC Music Magazine, April 2009 “a performance of extraordinary clarity and immediacy, at once sharp in attack, yet intimate too. Here the drama is vividly conveyed, with words crystal clear..The cast of principals is excellent, with Mark Padmore at once mellifluous and commanding as the Emperor, always imaginative and animated” Penguin Guide, 2010 **** “utterly compelling...the lyricism and simplicity of the arias and choruses is unparalleled” The Independent on Sunday ***** “It is good to read René Jacobs's passionate advocacy for Metastasio's dramaturgy; he openly acknowledges where he has taken some liberties with Mozart's score but it does not guarantee that all of his solutions are convincing, attractive or necessary. There are unequivocally good things on offer: Mark Padmore's smooth-toned Tito has unforced purity, his arias are eminently civilised and his two accompanied recitatives make the Emperor's anguish and inner conflict regarding his treasonous friend's fate transparent. Alexandrina Pendatchanska's dark timbre, dramatic conviction and ambitious ornaments in 'Deh se piacer mi vuoi' make her villainous Vitellia formidable... Bernarda Fink's plangent contributions capture Sesto's desperate struggle between honour and love.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2006  CD Review
Critics Disc of the Year - December 2006 |
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| |  | Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621Staged and Directed by: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
“Fussy staging takes Tito into the ruins of Rome, and the singing (generally good) is obviously dubbed. A presentable modern-instrument version.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2006 *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621Recorded live at the Palais Garnier, Paris in May & June 2005
Commissioned for the coronation of Leopold II in Prague, Mozart’s last opera is a deep, humane reflection on relationships, power and forgiveness. With the composition of some of the most beautiful passages in his oeuvre, Mozart has succeeded in giving this opera seria both a noble sobriety and transparent instrumentation, to which this commanding production by the Herrmann partnership does full justice on all levels. Susan Graham’s most extraordinary Sesto and Christoph Prégardien’s superb Tito set the standard for this riveting Opéra national de Paris performance, conducted by the outstanding Sylvain Cambreling. “An evening of overwhelming beauty.” Le Monde “Everybody was taken by the warmth and the emotion in Susan Graham’s voice as well as her breathtaking acting.” Le Figaro Running time 212 mins Region code All regions Video codec: AVC/MPEG-4 Disc size: BD50 Picture format 1080i High Definition / 16:9 Sound format 2.0 PCM & 5.0 DTS Master Audio Menu language EN Subtitles EN/FR/DE/ES/IT “Everybody was taken by the warmth and the emotion in Susan Graham’s voice as well as her breathtaking acting” Le Figaro | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621recorded in 1993
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| |  | Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621Live Recording from the Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1991
Opera seria in two acts; Sung in Italian
Recording Date: 1991
Place of recording: From the Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Running Time: 143 min
Picture Format: 4:3
Sound Format: PCM Stereo
Menu Languages NTSC: D, F, GB, SP
Subtitle Languages NTSC: F, GB, I, SP
“Among the soloists there is no weak link. The singing is consistently firm, clear and stylish, with Philip Langridge masterly in the title-role, Ashley Putnam superb as Vitellia and Diana Montague most moving as Sesto.” Penguin Guide, 2010 */** “The interplay of the characters has never been more purposefully presented, making nonsense of the old idea of this piece as stiff and static.” The Guardian | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621(Recorded without recitatives)
Recorded December 1955. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K621(recorded 1955)
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