Mozart in London

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Bold yet highly sensitive, Page and his musicians show what makes this musicians show what makes this music great. Page draws on a deep bench of vocal talent; of his eight soloists, Rebecca Bottone... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 4th May 2018
Catalogue No: SIGCD534
Label: Signum
Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

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Mozart: Symphony No. 1 in E flat major, K16

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The Mozartists
Ian Page

I. Molto allegro

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II. Andante

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III. Presto

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Excerpt, Arne: Judith

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Ana Maria Labin
The Mozartists
Ian Page

Act II: “Sleep, gentle Cherub! Sleep descend”

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Act I: “O torment great, too great to bear”

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Excerpt, Arne: Artaxerxes

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Helen Sherman
The Mozartists
Ian Page

Act I, Scene 2: "Amid a thousand racking Woes"

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Act I, Scene 13: “O too lovely, too unkind”

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Bach, J C: Harpsichord Concerto in D Major, Op. 1 No. 6

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Steven Devine
The Mozartists
Ian Page

I. Allegro assai

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II. Andante

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III. Allegro moderato

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Excerpt, Bach, J C: Ezio

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Ben Johnson
The Mozartists
Ian Page

"Non so d’onde viene"

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Excerpt, Bach, J C: Berenice

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Anna Devin
The Mozartists
Ian Page

"Confusa, smarrita"

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Excerpt, Arne: The Guardian Outwitted

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Robert Murray, Rebecca Bottone
The Mozartists
Ian Page

"O Dolly, I part"

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Excerpt, Arnold, S: The Maid of the Mill

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Robert Murray, Rebecca Bottone
The Mozartists
Ian Page

Act III, Scene 1: "To speak my mind of womankind"

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Act II, Scene 8: "Hist, hist! I hear my mother call"

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Mozart: Symphony No. 4 in D major, K19

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The Mozartists
Ian Page

I. Allegro

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II. Andante

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III. Presto

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Excerpt, Pescetti: Ezio

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Martene Grimson
The Mozartists
Ian Page

"Caro mio bene, addio"

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Mozart: Symphony in F Major, K. 19a

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The Mozartists
Ian Page

I. Allegro assai

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II. Andante

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III. Presto

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Excerpt, Bach, J C: Adriano in Siria

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Anna Devin, Eleanor Dennis
The Mozartists
Ian Page

"Ah, come mi balza il cor!"

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"Deh lascia, o ciel pietoso"

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Act II; "Cara la dolce amma"

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Rush, G: The Capricious Lovers: Overture

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The Mozartists
Ian Page

I. Allegro

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II: Allegretto

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III. Allegro

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Excerpt, Rush, G: The Capricious Lovers

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Robert Murray
The Mozartists
Ian Page

Act I, Scene 8: "Thus laugh’d at, jilted and betray’d"

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Excerpt, Bates, W: Pharnaces

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Rebecca Bottone
The Mozartists
Ian Page

"In this I fear my latest breath"

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Mozart: Va, dal furor portata, K21

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Ben Johnson
The Mozartists
Ian Page

Excerpt, Perez, D: Solimano

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Martene Grimson
The Mozartists
Ian Page

"Se non ti moro a lato"

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Abel, C F: Symphony in E-Flat Major, Op. 7 No. 6

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The Mozartists
Ian Page

I. Allegro

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II. Andante

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III. Presto

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Interview, Ian Page on Mozart in London

23rd April 2018

The conductor talks to Katherine about his new recording exploring the music which the young composer is likely to have encountered on his visit to the city in the mid-1760s.

This 2-CD set presents an unprecedented survey of Mozart’s childhood visit to London in 1764-65. Ian Page conducts his outstanding period-instrument orchestra in a fascinating and wide-ranging programme which includes Mozart’s remarkable first symphony (composed when he was eight years old), along with his two other London symphonies and his first concert aria. The repertoire also explores the music that was being performed in London during Mozart’s stay, including works by J. C. Bach, Thomas Arne, Abel, Pescetti, Perez, George Rush and William Bates, many of which have not previously been recorded, and the large cast of soloists includes eight singers and harpsichordist Steven Devine.

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August 2018

Bold yet highly sensitive, Page and his musicians show what makes this musicians show what makes this music great. Page draws on a deep bench of vocal talent; of his eight soloists, Rebecca Bottone and Robert Murray stand out stand out especially for the ability, so prized in Mozart’s London, of getting across a dramatic character in just one air. Page’s band, The Mozartists, make the colours and expressiveness leap off the page.

July 2018

There are excellent performances of some of the fledgling Mozart’s London pieces interspersed among an abundance of rarely investigated repertory that was researched and edited especially for the occasion...Page’s knack for choosing interesting singers yields contributions from eight highly capable soloists...Nevertheless, the star of the show is the superb orchestra, which never sounds in the least bit perfunctory or formulaic.

May 2018

This imaginative survey of the music which the young Mozart is likely to have encountered on his year-long visit to London is a real box of delights. Robert Murray and Rebecca Bottone are particularly engaging in the buffo excerpts from Arnold’s The Maid of the Mill and Arne’s The Guardian Outwitted, and Helen Sherman impresses in the perilous coloratura of ‘Amid a thousand racking woes’ from the latter’s Artaxerxes.

10th June 2018

An ambitious and fascinating two-disc collection...here’s some striking music by the Neapolitan Davide Perez, and some cheerful songs by Egidio Duni and Samuel Arnold, all enterprisingly performed by the Mozartists under Ian Page.

4th May 2018

One of its constant pleasures is the young British performers’ sheer gusto. Ian Page’s musicians, the Mozartists, bounce along on their period instruments with an alert attack, succulent tones (woodwinds especially) and no signs of panting or strain. Ana Maria Labin, Helen Sherman, Rebecca Bottone and other singers take spine-tingling leaps into the stratosphere and always come up smiling.

Mozart in London

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