Aleksandra Kurzak, Morphing Chamber Orchestra, Yuuki Wong, Tomasz Wabnic
AP265 - 1CD - 75' - Oct 22, 2021
Aleksandra Kurzak dedicates her new recording to Mozart, exploring the dialogue between voice and instruments with the Morphing Chamber Orchestra. A vibrant musical theater, enriched by the Sinfonia Concertante.
The Polish soprano Aleksandra Kurzak needs no introduction. After having dazzled the opera stage and the discographic world both in duets and solo, she has devoted the whole of her new recording to Mozart. From The Magic Flute to Zaide, Mitridate and La Clemenza di Tito, the soprano embraces with equal talent the most famous arias of the master of Salzburg… and the verve of her concert presence. For far from limiting herself to just the lyrical attractiveness, she reveals its depth and brilliance by exploring the richness of the dialogue between voice and instruments: the musicians of the Morphing Chamber Orchestra of Vienna and Aleksandra Kurzak answer to each other, imitate and seek out each other. With them the arias of Mozart become the setting for a theatrical performance that is intimate, droll, and incredibly lively, in which the instruments have their own role to play in the unfolding drama. As an echo to this is added the Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra, one of the composer’s masterpieces in the genre.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
1. Die Zauberflöte, K.620 “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen”
2. Mitridate, re di Ponto, K.87 “Lungi da te, mio bene”
3. La clemenza di Tito, K.621 “Ecco il punto… non più di fiori”
4. Zaide, K.344/336b “Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben”
5. Così fan tutte, K.588 “Ei parte… Per pietà”
6. Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K.384 “Welcher Kummer… Traurigkeit ward mir zum Lose”
Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra in E flat Major, K.364/320d
7. I. Allegro maestoso
8. II. Andante
9. III. Presto
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