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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Così fan tutte 160:34
or The School for Lovers
Opera buffa in two acts
Libretto by Lorenzo de Ponte, English version by Marmaduke Browne, adapted by John Cox
COMPACT DISC ONE
1 Overture 4:05
Act I
2 No. 1, Trio: 'Suspect Dorabella?' 1:53
3 Recitative: 'Swords or pistols?' 0:50
Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso
4 No. 2, Trio: 'Woman's faith is like the phoenix' 1:09
Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo
5 Recitative: 'A poetical fiction!' 1:19
6 No. 3, Trio: 'I shall hire a band of players' 2:21
Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso
7 No. 4, Duet: 'This portrait alone is the face of Adonis' 4:18
8 Recitative: 'I can't thinkl what's the matter' 0:44
Fiordiligi, Dorabella
9 Recitative: 'Here they are' 0:22
Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso
10 No. 5, Aria: 'Let me try. My courage fails' 0:38
Don Alfonso
11 Recitative: 'Tell us, for pity's sake' 1:00
Fiordiligi, Don Alfonso, Dorabella
12 No. 6, Quintet: 'Courage fails me! For no evasion' 4:07
Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella
13 Recitative: 'It's a comedy, charming!' 0:33
Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Fiordiligi, Dorabella
14 No. 8, Chorus: 'Oh, the soldier's life for me!' 1:30
Chorus
15 Recitative: 'My friends, the time is flying' 0:34
Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo
16 No. 9, Quintet: 'You'll write long letters often' 2:32
Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Chorus
17 Recitative: 'Are they gone?' 0:35
Dorabella, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi
18 No. 10, Trio: 'O wind gently blowing' 2:43
Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso
19 Recitative: 'So far all's going splendidly!' 1:05
Don Alfonso
20 Recitative: 'A hell of an existence' 0:58
Despina
21 'My ladies, here is your chocolate and biscuits' 1:24
Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella
22 No. 11, Aria: 'Cease not, remorseless love' 1:46
Dorabella
23 Recitative: 'Signora Dorabella, Signora Fiordiligi' 1:36
Despina, Dorabella, Fiordiligi
24 No. 12, Aria: 'In lovers and in soldiers' 2:36
Despina
25 Recitative: 'What a silence!' 2:21
Don Alfonso, Despina
26 No. 13, Sextet: 'I've the honour to present you' 4:18
Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella
27 Recitative: 'What an outcry!' 3:38
Don Alfonso, Dorabella, Fiordiligi, Ferrando, Guglielmo
28 No. 14, Aria: 'Like a fortress in ocean founded!' 4:28
Fiordiligi
29 Recitative: 'Stay, I implore you!' 0:43
Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Dorabella, Fiordiligi
30 No. 15, Aria: 'O vision so charming' 1:42
Guglielmo
31 No. 16, Trio: 'You seem delighted!' 0:53
Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo
32 Recitative: 'When you've quite finished laughing' 0:52
Don Alfonso, Guglielmo, Ferrando
33 No. 17, Aria: 'Her eyes so alluring' 4:50
Ferrando
64:43
COMPACT DISC TWO
1 No. 18, Finale: 'Why has fate my life enshrouded' 2:53
Fiordiligi, Dorabella
2 'To die is all I long for' 4:55
Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina
3 'Now ladies, calm yourselves' 8:50
Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella
Act II
4 Recitative: 'Well, I declare, you are a funny pair of young ladies' 2:26
Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella
5 No. 19, Aria: 'At fifteen a girl already must be truly wise' 3:28
Despina
6 Recitative: 'Well, sister! What do you think?' 1:34
Fiordiligi, Dorabella
7 No. 20, Duet: 'I prefer the gentle dark one' 2:53
Dorabella, Fiordiligi
8 Recitative: 'Come at once to the garden' 0:22
Don Alfonso, Dorabella
9 No. 21, Duet and Chorus: 'Gentle zephyr, softly sighing' 3:03
Ferrando, Guglielmo, Chorus
10 Recitative: 'What is this masquerading?' 0:51
Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso
11 No. 22, Quartet: 'Now give me your hand' 2:34
Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina
12 Recitative: 'Isn't the weather lovely!' 2:14
Fiordiligi, Ferrando, Dorabella, Guglielmo
13 No. 23, Duet: 'This heart that I give you' 4:16
Guglielmo, Dorabella
14 Recitative: 'Cruel one, would you leave me?' 1:30
Ferrando, Fiordiligi
15 Recitative: 'He's leaving. Listen!…' 1:34
16 No. 25, Rondo: 'Ah, my love, I pray forgive me' 7:30
Fiordiligi
51:11
COMPACT DISC THREE
1 Recitative: 'We've done it!' 3:26
Ferrando, Guglielmo
2 No. 26, Aria: 'Ladies have such variations' 3:12
Guglielmo
3 Recitative: 'Ah! My brain is distracted!' 1:29
4 No. 27, Cavatina: 'Her treason is poison' 2:02
Ferrando
5 Recitative: 'Now at last you are acting as a sane woman should!' 1:30
Despina, Dorabella, Fiordiligi
6 No. 28, Aria: 'Young love is unrelenting' 2:55
Dorabella
7 Recitative: 'All the world is conspiring' 2:10
Fiordiligi, Guglielmo, Despina, Don Alfonso
8 No. 29, Duet: 'All too slowly the hours are fleeting' 5:11
Fiordiligi, Ferrando
9 Recitative: 'That's enough for me!' 1:40
Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Ferrando
10 No. 30, Aria: 'Man accuses the woman' 0:59
Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo
11 Recitative: 'Well, gentlemen, you've won them' 0:44
Despina, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso
12 No. 31, Finale: 'Come, my friends, no more delaying' 1:47
Despina, Chorus, Don Alfonso
13 'May the love, that has united them' 4:03
Chorus, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Fiordiligi, Dorabella
14 'Happy lovers! Fate conniving' 3:29
Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina, Chorus
15 'Joy once more now our sorrow replaces' 8:11
Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina
16 'Happy is the man who calmly takes life strictly as he finds it' 1:42
Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso
44:40
Janice Watson soprano - Fiordiligi
Diana Montague mezzo-soprano - Dorabella
Christopher Maltman baritone - Guglielmo
Toby Spence tenor - Ferrando
Lesley Garrett soprano - Despina
Thomas Allen baritone - Don Alfonso
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Gareth Hancock (Assistant)
Sir Charles Mackerras
Recorded in:
Watford Colosseum
3-6 and 8-11 January 2007, and 15, 17, 18 & 20 August 2007
Producer(s)
Brian Couzens (Executive)
James Mallinson
Sound Engineer(s)
Jonathan Stokes
Andrew Hallifax (Assistant)
Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz8 |
