New Album Releases: MOZART - OVERTURES (Michael Alexander Willens, Kölner Akademie)

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Artist:
Michael Alexander Willens
Kölner Akademie

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
62:21

Record Label:
BIS Records

Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music

Release Date
January 19, 2024




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Product Description: Grom 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 Zauberflöte. 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 Entführung aus dem Serail, Le nozze di Figaro and Così fan tutte. The Kölner 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.

TRACK LIST:

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1 . Ascanio in Alba, K. 111: Overture (03:20)

2 . Idomeneo, K. 366: Overture (04:47)

3 . Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Overture (04:31)

4 . ie Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384: Overture (05:33)

5 . Così fan tutte, K. 588: Overture (04:26)

6 . er Schauspieldirektor, K. 486: Overture (04:27)

7 . Mitridate, re di Ponto, K. 87: Overture (05:20)

8 . La finta giardiniera, K. 196: Overture (04:38)

9 . on Giovanni, K. 527: Overture (06:04)

10 . Lucio Silla, K. 135: Overture (07:20)

11 . La clemenza di Tito, K. 621: Overture (04:39)

12 .Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Overture (06:58)

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