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Offer,Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588

Margaret Price (Fiordiligi), Brigitte Fassbaender (Dorabella), Peter Schreier (Ferrando), Wolfgang Brendel (Guglielmo), Reri Grist (Despina), Theo Adam (Don Alfonso)

Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Staatsoper, Wolfgang Sawallisch

The cast is stellar. Margaret Price's studio Cosi, made seven years earlier, finds her in wonderful form but greatly handicapped by Klemperer's marmoreal tempos. Here, however, she sounds interpretatively... — Opera, July 2018 More…

Release Date: 16th Feb 2018
Catalogue No: C918182I
Label: Orfeo
Series: Orfeo d'Or, Bayerische Staatsoper live
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588

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Peter Schreier (tenor), Wolfgang Brendel (bass), Theo Adam (bass), Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Brigitte Fassbaender (soprano), Reri Grist (soprano)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
Wolfgang Sawallisch

Overtura (Live)

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Act I: La mia Dorabella (Live)

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Act I: Fuor la spada (Live)

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Act I: È la fede delle femmine (Live)

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Act I: Scioccherie di poeti (Live)

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Act I: Una bella serenata (Live)

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Act I: Ah, guarda, sorella (Live)

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Act I: Mi par, che stamattina... Eccoli! - Vorrei dir, e cor non ho - Stelle! Per carità, signor Alfonso (Live)

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Act I: Sento, oh Dìo, che questo piede (Live)

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Act I: La commedia è graziosa - Bella vita militar! (Live)

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Act I: No v'è più tempo, amici - Di scrivermi ogni giorno - Bella vita militar! (Live)

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Act I: Dove son? (Live)

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Act I: Soave sia il vento (Live)

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Act I: Non son cattivo comico! (Live)

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Act I: Che vita maledetta (Live)

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Act I: Madame, ecco la vostra colazione - Ah scostati (Live)

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Act I: Smanie implacabili (Live)

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Act I: Signora Dorabella (Live)

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Act I: In uomini, in soldati (Live)

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Act I: Che silenzio (Live)

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Act I: Alla bella Despinetta (Live)

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Act I: Cosa avete? Che è nato? (Live)

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Act I: Temerari! Sortite fuori di questo loco! (Live)

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Act I: Come scoglio immoto resta (Live)

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Act I: Ah, non partite! (Live)

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Act I: Non siate ritrosi (Live)

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Act I: E voi ridete? (Live)

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Act I: E avete ancora coraggio (Live)

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Act I: Un'aura amorosa (Live)

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Act I: Ah, che tutta in un momento (Live)

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Act I: Si mora, sì, si mora (Live)

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Act I: Eccovi il medico (Live)

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Act I: Dove son? Che loco e questo? (Live)

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Act I: Dammi un bacio, o mio tesoro (Live)

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Act II: Andate là (Live)

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Act II: Una donna a quindici anni (Live)

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Act II: Sorella, cosa dici? (Live)

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Act II: Prenderò quel brunettino (Live)

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Act II: Secondate, aurette amiche (Live)

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Act II: Cos' è tal mascherata? (Live)

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Act II: La mano a me date (Live)

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Act II: Oh che bella giornata! (Live)

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Act II: Il cor vi dono (Live)

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Act II: Barbara! Perché fuggi? (Live)

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Act II: Ei parte... Senti... Ah no! (Live)

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Act II: Per pietà, ben mio, perdona (Live)

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Act II: Amico, abbiamo vinto! (Live)

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Act II: Donne mie, la fate a tanti (Live)

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Act II: Come tutto congiura - L'abito di Ferrando (Live)

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Act II: Fra gli amplessi in pochi istanti (Live)

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Act II: Ah poveretto me - Vittoria, padroncini! (Live)

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Act II: Tutti accusan le donne (Live)

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Act II: Fate presto, o cari amici (Live)

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Act II: Benedetti i doppi coniugi (Live)

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Act II: E nel tuo, nel mio bicchiero (Live)

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Act II: Miei signori, tutto è fatto (Live)

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Act II: Bella vita militar (Live)

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Act II: Sani e salvi, agli amplessi amorosi (Live)

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Act II: A voi s'inchina bella damina (Live)

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Act II: Fortunato l'uom che prende ogni cosa (Live)

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Even in its opera-buffa manifestation, the utterly disastrous wife-swapping experiment in Così fan tutte so scandalized the entire 19th century, from Beethoven to Wagner, that desperate attempts were constantly made to conceal the work’s frivolity under any number of respectable rewrites. It was Hermann Levi and Richard Strauss who recreated the original work for Munich with through-composed recitatives instead of spoken dialogues. Amazingly, it took this Munich production of the 1970s to bring Mozart’s absolute masterpiece to life in its original language; yet anything else - from a great master of musically subtle, rapid-reaction word-play – is sheer sacrilege! In any case, the acoustic account captures an almost unbearably intense moment in the history of music theatre. The music director of those days, true to local tradition and to his own history, once again shows himself to be not only a consummate Wagner and Strauss conductor but also, as in the previously released “Don Giovanni” from that era (ORFEO C846153), a hugely skilled interpreter of Mozart. The piece’s ensemble qualities, lifting it from the chasms of deep disgrace to a pinnacle of Mozart’s operatic writing, are brought out with breathtaking drama and vivid versatility, due not least to the cumulatively sensational qualities of the various protagonists. These were so highly regarded by the maestro himself as to justify a transfer from the customary Cuvilliés-Theater – where the first Munich production had been staged in 1795 – to the Nationaltheater itself: 'With soloists such as these, we can sell out the house'. Live Recording Bavarian State Opera February 28, 1978.

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July 2018

The cast is stellar. Margaret Price's studio Cosi, made seven years earlier, finds her in wonderful form but greatly handicapped by Klemperer's marmoreal tempos. Here, however, she sounds interpretatively freer and she makes consistently glorious sounds in her middle and upper registers. Some arias win applause, and one hears intermittent laughter, particularly when Reri Grist is working the stage. Not a 'first' Cosi certainly, but especially for Price fans - well worth hearing.

Opera Now March 2018

Peter Schreier and Wolfgang Brendel radiate charm and confidence as Ferrando and Guglielmo. Brigitte Fassbaender’s Dorabella is lively, sexy and fun. But most thrilling of all is the superlative Fiordiligi of Margaret Price at her very best. And that means some stunning singing, both technically and interpretively.

Classical Music March 2018

Così fan tutte, as recorded here in Munich in 1978, is one of those ‘wish I’d been there’ occasions. Wolfgang Sawallisch, then music director of the Bavarian State Opera, conducts the most relaxed yet refined version imaginable. There is a natural and generous flow to the performance. There is also a palpable sense of atmosphere, the audience sounding genuinely amused in Act I, before a hush descends over the remainder (fear not, the sound is generally very clear and stage noise kept to a minimum). most thrilling of all is the superlative Fiordiligi of Margaret Price at her very best. And that means some stunning singing, both technically and interpretively.

Offer,Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588

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