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莫札特: 歌劇序曲集(魔笛/費加洛婚禮/唐喬凡尼等)
麥可.亞歷山大.威廉斯 指揮
科隆學會合奏團

Mozart's masterful preludes on period instruments

From the mid-seventeenth century onwards, the overture became an orchestral piece intended to precede a large-scale dramatic work. This recording brings together twelve overtures from Mozart's operas. They foreshadow the action, sometimes stylistically, sometimes by quoting themes that will appear later, to create a dramatic impression before we even see anything on stage – think of the memorable overtures to Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflote. The twelve overtures brought together here cover 21 years of Mozart's career: from Mithridate, composed when he was just 14, which testifies to the young composer's familiarity with the galant style then in vogue, to La Clemenza di Tito (1791), the high point of his work in the opera seria genre that was to disappear with him, not forgetting masterpieces such as Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Le nozze di Figaro and Cosi fan tutte. The Kolner Akademie, playing on period instruments, and its conductor Michael Alexander Willens demonstrate Mozart's unrivalled ability to capture the audience's attention with these brilliant overtures, some of which are among his most famous works, both on stage and in concert.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756—91)
Overtures

1 ) Ascanio in Alba, KV 111 3''15
2 ) Idomeneo, re di Creta, KV 366 4''43
3 ) Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492 4''25
4 ) Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, KV 384 5''27
5 ) Cosi fan tutte, KV 588 4''18
6 ) Der Schauspieldirektor, KV 486 4''21
7 ) Mitridate, re di Ponto, KV 87 5''15
8 ) La finta giardiniera, KV 196 4''32
9 ) Don Giovanni, KV 527 5''57
10 ) Lucio Silla, KV 135 7''10
11 ) La Clemenza di Tito, KV 621 4''33
12 ) Die Zauberflote, KV 620 6''49
TT: 62''26
Kolner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens conductor