Die Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens - Mozart: Overtures (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 310 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 153 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:02:02
Classical | Label: BIS
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 310 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 153 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:02:02
Classical | Label: BIS
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 Zauberflöte. The twelve overtures brought together here cover 21 years of Mozart’s career: from Mitridate, 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.