Mozart: Don Giovanni [Highlights] | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sir Charles Mackerras, ...

Mozart: Don Giovanni [Highlights] | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sir Charles Mackerras, ... | TOO LITTLE TO TELL THE STORY

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	Mozart: Don Giovanni [Highlights] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sir Charles Mackerras, ... Telarc, 1997 average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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Don Giovanni

Extremely happy with this recording, particularly, the conducting, which is lively and sharp-witted. The ensemble of less well known artists, too, is one of cohesion and relationships. The sound quality is very good and for a while, I thought I was listening to a live performance, which is my favorite way to hear an opera.

I don't think there is a perfect Don Giovanni, but this one comes close. There are no star-turns, no sanctimony, no hyper-reverential moments, just spirited Mozart, beautifully conducted and sung, with great attention to character and story.

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TOO LITTLE TO TELL THE STORY

You don't have to be an opera snob to listen to the entire Don Giovanni. This "highlights" disc is just popular selections from the earlier Telarc recording of the full opera. The chief complaints here are that (1) too much of the story and characters behind the music is lost, and (2) there is almost nothing here of the wonderful basso Umberto Chiummo, who plays both the Commendatore and the peasant Masetto (and who, for us, makes the opera). We finally got hold of the 3-CD Telarc boxed set and there is just no comparison. We just gave this "highlights" CD away after getting the full 1996 recording.

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