Magdalena Kožená, Michel Swierczewski, Prague Philharmonia - Le belle immagini: Mozart, Gluck, Mysliveček (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 292 Mb | Total time: 68:18 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 471 334-2 | Recorded: 2001
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 292 Mb | Total time: 68:18 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 471 334-2 | Recorded: 2001
Mozart and Gluck may make natural bedfellows for a program of arias, but Josef Myslivecek is not a name that would jump to most minds to join them. Czech mezzo Magdalena Kozená may be about to change that. In his time (1737-1781), the Czech composer was up there with the greats after his studies in Italy. He couldn't have a more persuasive champion than Kozená, who sets out to show why Myslivecek was counted among the country's 10 most successful composers. The young Kozená's mantelpiece is already crowded with competition trophies, including a 2001 Gramophone Award for her CD of eastern European love songs with Graham Johnson.