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Rene Jacobs, Concerto Koln - Mozart: Cosi fan tutte [1999]

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Rene Jacobs, Concerto Koln - Mozart: Cosi fan tutte [1999]

René Jacobs, Concerto Köln - Mozart: Così fan tutte [1999]
EAC (flac, image, cue, log) | TT: 183'02'' | Covers | 701 Mb
Classical | Harmonia Mundi | # HMC 901663.65 | Rec: 1999

This groundbreaking performance seems as if it is happening in real time. At its best, and seemingly counter-intuitively, opera is at its most effective when we don’t notice that the characters are singing: such is the case here. If you know this opera, then the third of the men’s trios in scene 1 (“Una bella serenata”) will seem very fast; hearing it with fresh ears, Jacobs’ breakneck tempo seems utterly natural—these guys have been worked up into a fun/competitive frenzy and can’t wait to get started on what they think will be a grand adventure. Similarly, the little quintet before the men depart (“Di scrivermi…”) is so slow that you feel the melodrama; if they are going to play, they are going to play thoroughly, making each word and situation count.
The four-minute overture actually tells us everything about what we are about to hear. The orchestra of course is made up of period instruments: there are (we discover from reading the booklet) 22 strings; the winds articulate their lines impeccably, even at Jacobs’ speed; and the final iteration of the “Co-si-fan-tu-tte” is like five splashes of cold water. Get it? Jacobs makes sure we do. Attacks are crisp and dynamics are strictly adhered to, and this continues throughout the opera. The players play like perfectly trained gymnasts…
The singers are young, lively, and absolutely in tune with Jacobs’ approach. Tops are Veronique Gens as Fiordiligi, with just the right hand-to-forehead posing backed up by a beautiful tone and the agility and range to make the music sound natural, and Bernarda Fink as Dorabella, whose sound is an ideal blend with Gens’. These are not cookie-cutter sisters: Dorabella is clearly the flightier and Fink sounds it without ever overdoing it. Graciela Oddone, makes a snippy Despina; her characterization is more accurate than her singing, which occasionally can’t quite locate the right note.
Baritone Marcel Boone is the Guglielmo. His tone is handsome and sexy and he only fails when enraged, late in the opera. The same may be said for Werner Güra’s Ferrando, which is smooth as silk and can manage the maniacal coloratura in the first finale at Jacobs’ see-if-you-keep-up pace; but he lets us down a bit in the should-be-ferocious “Tradito, schernito” in Act 2. Pietro Spagnoli is elegant and dangerously distant as Alfonso—just right. (ClassicsToday.com)

Cast:
Fiordiligi - Véronique Gens
Dorabella - Bernarda Fink
Ferrando - Werner Güra
Guglieimo - Marcel Boone
Don Alfonso - Pietro Spagnoli
Despina - Graciela Oddone
Kölner Kammerchor
Concerto Köln
Conductor - René Jacobs

Track List:
CD1
01. Ouverture
02. Atto I. Terzetto: La mia Dorabella (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
03. Recitativo: Fuor' la spada (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
04. Terzetto: È la fede delle femmine (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
05. Terzetto: Una bella serenata (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
06. Duetto: Ah, guarda, sorella (Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
07. Recitativo: Mi par, che stamattina / Aria: Vorrei dir (Don Alfonso)
08. Quintetto: Sento, oh Dio (Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
09. Recitativo: Non pianger / Duettino: Al fato dàn legge (Guglielmo, Ferrando)
10. Coro: Bella vita militar!
11. Recitativo: Abbracciami, idol mio / Quintetto: Di scrivermi ogni giorno
12. Recitativo: Faccia che al campo giunga / Terzettino: Soave sia il vento (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
13. Recitativo: Non son cattivo comico, va bene (Don Alfonso)
14. Recitativo: Che vita maledetta (Despina)
15. Aria: Smanie implacabili (Dorabella)
16. Recitativo: Signora Dorabella
17. Aria: In uomini, in soldati sperare (Despina)
18. Recitativo: Che silenzio! (Don Alfonso, Despina)
19. Sestetto: Alla bella Despinetta
20. Recitativo: Che sussurro!
21. Aria: Come scoglio (Fiordiligi)
22. Recitativo: Ah, non partite!
CD2
01. Aria: Non siate ritrosi (Guglielmo)
02. Recitativo: Cosa serve? / Aria: Un'aura amorosa (Ferrando)
03. Recitativo: Oh la saria da ridere (Don Alfonso, Despina)
04. Finale I: Ah, che tutta in un momento (Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
05. Eccovi il medico (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
06. Dove son?
07. Dammi un bacio
08. Atto II. Recitativo: Andate là (Despina, Firodiligi, Dorabella)
09. Aria: Una donna a quindici anni (Despina)
10. Recitativo: Sorella, cosa dici? (Firodiligi, Dorabella)
11. Duetto: Prenderò quel brunettino (Firodiligi, Dorabella)
12. Duetto con coro: Secondate, aurette amiche (Guglielmo, Ferrando)
13. Quartetto: La mano a me date (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina)
14. Recitativo: Oh che bella giornata! (Firodiligi, Dorabella, Guglielmo, Ferrando)
15. Duetto: Il core vi dono, bell'idolo mio (Guglielmo, Dorabella)
16. Recitativo: Barbara, perché fuggi? (Fiordiligi, Ferrando)
17. Aria: Ah, lo veggio (Ferrando)
18. Recitativo: Ei parte… scenti!… ah no! (Fiordiligi)
CD3
01. Rondo: Per pietà, ben mio, perdona (Fiordiligi)
02. Recitativo: Amico, abbiamo vinto! (Guglielmo, Ferrando)
03. Abbi di me pietà, dammi consiglio / Aria: Donne mie (Guglielmo)
04. Recitativo: In qual fiero contrasto (Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso)
05. Cavatina: Tradito, schernito (Ferrando)
06. Aria: È amore un ladroncello (Dorabella)
07. Recitativo: Come tutto congiura (Fiordiligi, Guglielmo, Despina)
08. Duetto: Fra gli amplessi in pochi istanti (Fiordiligi, Ferrando)
09. Recitativo: Ah poveretto me (Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso)
10. Aria: Tutti accusan le donne (Don Alfonso)
11. Finale II. Fate presto, oh cari amici (Despina, Coro, Don Alfonso)
12. Coro: Benedetti i doppi conjugi (Coro, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo)
13. E nel tuo, nel mio bicchiero (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo)
14. Coro: Bella vita militar!
15. Sani e salvi gli amplessi amorosi (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo)
16. Giusto ciel!
17. Tutti: Fortunato I'uom che prende


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