Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro - Vienna / Karajan

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Le nozze di Figaro

Figaro : Erich Kunz
Susanna : Irmgard Seefried
Il Conte di Almaviva : George London
La Contessa di Almaviva : Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Cherubino : Sena Jurinac
Bartolo : Marjan Rus
Marcellina : Elisabeth Höngen
Don Basilio : Erich Majkut
Don Curzio : Erich Majkut
Barbarina : Rosl Schwaiger
Antonio : Wilhelm Felden

Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan
Studio recording, Vienna, 17-21.VI, 23-27 & 31.X.1950

[cyndeelancaster]

What a piece of work!!!! Playing an alto sax for 8 yrs, our high school band took this to Contest one year...achieve a 1st! Music of all types is beyond words....Marriage of Figaro, yes Mozart

[renato]

La carenza a parer mio del tutto inaccettabile di questa versione - che posseggo da parecchi anni - è data dall'assenza dei recitativi. Senza recitativi è semplicemente monca. E' un peccato in quanto si tratta di una esecuzione splendida, con voci che non nascono più (e con una REGIA VOCALE di Karajan oggi irreperibile nella maggior parte dei direttori à la page).

[davy]

This early taping of Nozze is quite different from HvK's later one. Tempos are brisk and vital. The cast with the exception of London are Germanic/Austrian. The Cherubino was sung by the incomparable Jurinac proving that the role should be sung ( like the Komponist and Octavian ) a soprano. Seefried is an enchanting Susanna. Kunz is a very Viennese Figaro while London a virile and sexy Count. The recits are cut due to Legge's assumption that only London and ES would be able to manage the Italian. Bad decision as without them the drama makes no sense and the abrupt key changes are jarring. Even so the recording is worth having sing most of the singing justifies the its existence.

[luispascual]

No coincido con renato45222, aunque lo comprendo ya que es italiano, sin embargo para escuchar EXCLUSIVAMENTE los recitativos son muy tediosos, no para ver la obra en escena.
La versión es fantástica mas que nada por la Jurinac y la Schwarzkopf, London también.
Hay una versión de Eric Kleiber buenísima que trataré de encontrar en este viaje a mi infancia y a los discos de mi padre.

[jean-francoislapointe]

Mozart knew what will please all of us for countless generations

[РоманРибак-дь]

28:57 ATTO SECONDO
41:41 scena 7
42:41 Final Atto Secondo
45:13 scena 9

[jeffreypick]

Nearly an hour of Mozart missing - what a shame - but any Mozart is worth listening to.

[notaire]

Spannende Interpretation dieser fein komponierten Oper mit perfekt synchronisierten und gut harmonisierten Töne aller Instrumente sowie klaren und lebhaften Stimmen aller Solisten. Der unvergleichliche Maestro dirigiert das weltklassige Orcheseter im relativ schnellen Tempo mit völlig effektiver Dynamik. Die Tonqualität ist auch erstaunlich hoch als eine Aufnahme von mehr als sechzig Jahre vor zur Zeit des Hochladens. Bestimmt eine der zehn besten Aufführungen dieses Werks bis heute!

[petergraham]

This recording leaves out the recitatives which I feel is unfortunate but the work of the principals compensates to some degree. Seefried is in that pantheon of really great Susanna‘s along with Sayou & Freni & even Schwarzkopf, at this point in her career, does some fine work although, IMO, not on the level of Steber & Della Casa. London is also in optimum form here absolutely first rate with his voice rich & sonorous. For a baritone Figaro Kunz does quite well as well although his lower voice disappears in some of the ensembles. Cutting the recitatives allows the recording to be on 2 discs which may have been an economic decision however regrettable.

[fjodorgarrincha]

@Jeffreypick57 => What do you mean ? Karajahn is fast. Best Ouverture ever, for instance. Double Speed.

[lucaspancotto]

This is a truly beautiful fragment of what humanity has to give. Mozart speaks for all of us, I think. Thanks for uploading.

[walterbenjamin]

All the singing is superb! I like when HvK was lively like this - brings the music to life and enlivens the singers. Thank you for your excellent taste and vast generosity, incontrario motu.

[clivepapayanis]

Who doesn't love Seefried's Susanna? FanFin' tastic. And Shwarzkopf is less gaspy and breathless here. Just lovely all around

[faycalgoussi]

TOO FAST NON ? may this master Rest In Peace. He did it. He knew how to perform, listen, learn music. Hope to see Lang Lang playing it....or conducting it..Fayçal GOUSSI France

[clairemachiels]

Magnifique ! Quel dommage que les récitatifs soient absents, ç'aurait été la version parfaite...

[harolmarticorenatenicela]

Es un placer absoluto disfrutar de esta grandiosa pieza musical y que mejor con hvk diriguiendola....lo suficiente para descansar en paz.

[nataschaa]

Another beautiful moment: Angels fly in heaven - relaxing piano music Enjoy! :)

[aliena]

Best Figaro, Susanna, Count Almaviva, Cherubino... EVER.

[GP-mbst]

Susanna pessima. Dizione atroce e voce inesistente, un sibilo continuo. Gli altri abbastanza inascoltabili. Resta solo la musica.