MOZART Le Nozze di Figaro / Nézet-Séguin

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Le nozze di Figaro
Luca Pisaroni · Christiane Karg
Sonya Yoncheva · Thomas Hampson
Angela Brower · Anne Sofie von Otter
Maurizio Muraro · Rolando Villazón
Vocalensemble Rastatt
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Int. Release 08 Jul. 2016
3 CDs / Download
0289 4795945 8


Track List

CD 1: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492

Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Act 1

Luca Pisaroni, Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour

Luca Pisaroni, Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour

Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour

Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Maurizio Muraro, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jory Vinikour

Maurizio Muraro, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Anne Sofie von Otter, Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour

Anne Sofie von Otter, Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Christiane Karg, Angela Brower, Jory Vinikour

Angela Brower, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Angela Brower, Christiane Karg, Thomas Hampson, Rolando Villazón, Jory Vinikour

Christiane Karg, Thomas Hampson, Rolando Villazón, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Thomas Hampson, Christiane Karg, Angela Brower, Rolando Villazón, Jory Vinikour

Rolando Villazón, Jory Vinikour, Vocalensemble Rastatt, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Thomas Hampson, Luca Pisaroni, Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour

Rolando Villazón, Vocalensemble Rastatt, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Luca Pisaroni, Christiane Karg, Rolando Villazón, Angela Brower, Thomas Hampson, Jory Vinikour

Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Act 2

Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Sonya Yoncheva, Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour

Sonya Yoncheva, Christiane Karg, Angela Brower, Jory Vinikour

Angela Brower, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Sonya Yoncheva, Christiane Karg, Angela Brower, Jory Vinikour

Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Total Playing Time 1:01:10

CD 2: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492

Act 2

Sonya Yoncheva, Christiane Karg, Angela Brower, Thomas Hampson, Jory Vinikour

Thomas Hampson, Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour

Thomas Hampson, Sonya Yoncheva, Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Thomas Hampson, Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour

Christiane Karg, Angela Brower, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour

Thomas Hampson, Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour

Thomas Hampson, Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Christiane Karg, Thomas Hampson, Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Sonya Yoncheva, Christiane Karg, Thomas Hampson, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Luca Pisaroni, Thomas Hampson, Christiane Karg, Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Thomas Hampson, Luca Pisaroni, Christiane Karg, Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Philippe Sly, Thomas Hampson, Sonya Yoncheva, Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Philippe Sly, Thomas Hampson, Luca Pisaroni, Christiane Karg, Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Anne Sofie von Otter, Rolando Villazón, Maurizio Muraro, Thomas Hampson, Sonya Yoncheva, Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Christiane Karg, Sonya Yoncheva, Luca Pisaroni, Anne Sofie von Otter, Rolando Villazón, Maurizio Muraro, Thomas Hampson, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Act 3

Thomas Hampson, Sonya Yoncheva, Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour

Thomas Hampson, Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Thomas Hampson, Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour

Thomas Hampson, Jory Vinikour

Thomas Hampson, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Anne Sofie von Otter, Luca Pisaroni, Thomas Hampson, Maurizio Muraro, Jory Vinikour

Anne Sofie von Otter, Luca Pisaroni, Maurizio Muraro, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Thomas Hampson, Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Anne Sofie von Otter, Maurizio Muraro, Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour

Regula Mühlemann, Angela Brower, Jory Vinikour

Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour

Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Philippe Sly, Thomas Hampson, Jory Vinikour

Sonya Yoncheva, Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour

Christiane Karg, Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Christiane Karg, Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour

Vocalensemble Rastatt

Regula Mühlemann, Sonya Yoncheva, Christiane Karg, Philippe Sly, Thomas Hampson, Angela Brower, Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour

Luca Pisaroni, Christiane Karg, Thomas Hampson, Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Vocalensemble Rastatt, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Thomas Hampson, Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Thomas Hampson, Vocalensemble Rastatt, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Total Playing Time 1:12:08

CD 3: Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492

Act 4

Regula Mühlemann, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Luca Pisaroni, Regula Mühlemann, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jory Vinikour

Anne Sofie von Otter, Jory Vinikour

Anne Sofie von Otter, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Regula Mühlemann, Luca Pisaroni, Rolando Villazón, Maurizio Muraro, Jory Vinikour

Rolando Villazón, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour

Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Christiane Karg, Anne Sofie von Otter, Sonya Yoncheva, Luca Pisaroni, Jory Vinikour

Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour

Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Luca Pisaroni, Angela Brower, Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour

Angela Brower, Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Thomas Hampson, Christiane Karg, Luca Pisaroni, Angela Brower, Sonya Yoncheva, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Luca Pisaroni, Christiane Karg, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Luca Pisaroni, Christiane Karg, Thomas Hampson, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Thomas Hampson, Luca Pisaroni, Rolando Villazón, Philippe Sly, Christiane Karg, Sonya Yoncheva, Vocalensemble Rastatt, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Vocalensemble Rastatt, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra Of Europe, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Total Playing Time 40:10

Luxuriously presented and cast . . . [Nézet-Séguin's Mozart recording] oozes confidence . . . You are in his safe hands the moment Mozart's upstairs-downstairs comedy kicks off, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe buoyant, textures balanced, colours vibrant . . . the romp of a fandango that concludes Act III is a marvellous little scene-stealer . . . Sonya Yoncheva's magnificently melancholic Countess is a peach of a performance, lusciously, dreamily sung. Luca Pisaroni is an experienced Figaro and his velvety baritone is smoothly delivered . . .

. . . [from the first chords of the "Figaro" overture, Nézet-Séguin] establishes a bold, fully crystallized concept of Mozartean sonority and the psychological implications behind it . . . [Christiane Karg as the wily servant Susanna and Sonya Yoncheva as the Countess] are just wonderful . . . [Luca Pisaroni's Figaro] makes dramatic points not with his usual word articulation but with more microphone-friendly use of tone Color . . . Even small roles are cast with stars: Anne Sofie von Otter as Marcellina and Rolando Villazón as Basilio help sustain Act 4 . . . [the 50-plus "Figaro" recordings on CD and DVD] show how the opera showcases each generation of Mozart performers . . . Nézet-Séguin's recording takes its place among these touchstones. A great musical mediator . . .

. . . trim orchestral playing, extra vocal decorations and a restlessly inventive fortepiano continuo . . . [the dramatic concentration] is most vivid when Thomas Hampson's Count, his face always visible in the mind's eye, is sparring with the generous-voiced Countess of Sonya Yoncheva . . . All in all, this is a solid cast.

. . . expertly engineered by Tonmeister Rainer Maillard and Assistant Engineer Douglas Ward to both uphold Deutsche Grammophon's legendary standards of sonic excellence and preserve enjoyable aspects of the live-performance atmosphere, most notably the audience's blissful laughter, this account of "Le nozze di Figaro" unites Mozartean veterans with newcomers in a musical setting that fuses elements of period-appropriate practices with the extraordinary legacy of the opera's 229-year history. This emphatically is not a dainty, tempest-in-a-teacup performance, however: Mozart's, librettist Lorenzo da Ponte's, and playwright Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais's drama surges from these discs, every sigh, smile, and stress vividly, lovingly brought to life . . . [why] does "Le nozze di Figaro" still challenge, amuse, and move? There is ample proof ripe for the hearing in this recording, which in terms of singing, conducting, and unwavering fidelity to the composer's genius is a concoction fit for the most gluttonous Mozart appetites.

. . . this is a pacy account of the composer's most popular opera, with wonderful woodwind playing. The casting is optimal for Figaro -- Luca Pisaroni, the finest on disc for his relish of the text . . . and Susanna, a pointed and beautiful Christiane Karg. Her Act IV aria is a highlight . . . Angela Brower is an enjoyable Cherubino . . . The ensembles zing.

. . . Pisaroni creates one of the most spot-on, lovable Figaros you are likely to encounter on disc . . . [Anne Sofie von Otter's] intelligence shines through phrase after phrase . . . [Villazón's voice is] handsome and steady. It's a marvelous performance on every level.

The Chamber Orchestra of Europe is marvelous -- the strings silky but capable of sharp-edged attacks, the winds alternately spicy and sweet, and their ensemble work impeccable . . .

Soulignons d'abord, la prestation superlative vocalement et dramatiquement de la soprano vedette de la production . . . Sonya Yoncheva renouvelle totalement l'esprit du personnage en en révélant l'essence adolescente avec une grâce et une finesse absolues: son "Porgi amor" ouvrant le II, est affirmation toute en délicatesse d'une aube tendre et angélique à jamais perdue . . . Ce seul air mérite les meilleures appréciations. Car Sonya Yoncheva a contrairement à la plupart de ses consoeurs, le charme, la noblesse, la subtilité et . . . surtout le caractère et l'âge du personnage. Inoubliable incarnation . . . A ses côtés, deux autres chanteuses sont du même niveau : incandescentes, naturelles, vibrantes : la Susanne (pourtant au timbre mûre) de Christiane Karg (de plus en plus naturelle et expressive: sensibilité de son ultime air avec récitatif au IV: "Giunse alfin il momento / Deh vient, non tardar, gioia bella"), et surtout l'épatante jeune soprano Angela Brower, vrai tempérament de feu dans le rôle travesti de Chérubin . . . l'orchestre palpite et s'enivre au diapason de cette journée à perdre haleine avec la couleur trépidante, ronde du pianoforte dans récitatifs et airs; pourtant jamais précipitée, ni en manque de profondeur, la baguette de Yannick Nézet-Séguin ne se dilue, toujours proche du texte, du sentiment, de la finesse . . . Pour l'excellence des parties féminines, -- le sommet en étant la subtilité adolescente de la Comtesse de Sonya Yoncheva, pour l'allure palpitante de l'orchestre grâce à la vivacité nerveuse du chef, ce live de Baden Baden mérite tous les éloges . . .

. . . dans les "petits" rôles, on remarquera la très belle présence de la soprano suisse Regula Mühlemann (Barbarina) dont nos lignes avaient déjà relevé le talent s'affirmant lors du ballet "Carmina Burana" à Genève en mai dernier . . . Avec la soprano allemande Christiane Karg (Susanna), c'est la confirmation d'un talent . . . Ici, la simplicité de son chant alliée à la légèreté de l'expression musicale en fait une Susanna de rêve. Techniquement parfaite, Christiane Karg possède cette imperceptible acidité de l'aigu qui n'est pas sans rappeler une certaine Lucia Popp . . . Dans la fosse, le chef canadien Yannick Nézet-Séguin insuffle une belle énergie à un Chamber Orchestra of Europe enthousiaste et incisif. De la belle ouvrage!

Le maître d'oeuvre en est Yannick Nézet-Séguin, qui dirige le Chamber Orchestra of Europe et un plateau de grand luxe de chanteurs entièrement dévoués à sa conception . . . y entend donc une vision puissamment moderne et qui semble pourtant si "évidente". Les récitatifs, concus bien plus musicalement que théâtralement . . . qu'ils s'enchaînent à merveille aux airs ou aux ensembles . . .

  • Rolando Villazón - Le nozze di Figaro (Trailer)

    After “Don Giovanni”, “Così fan tutte” and “Die Entführung aus dem Serail” this is the forth of Deutsche Grammophons series of seven Mozart operas conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and initiated by Rolando Villazón, in collaboration with U-Live and Festspielhaus Baden Baden.