Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: Overtures (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: Overtures (2023)
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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. The Kölner Akademie, playing on period instruments, and its conductor Michael Alexander Willens demonstrate Mozart’s unrivalled ability to capture the audience’s attention with these brilliant overtures, some of which are among his most famous works, both on stage and in concert.

Tracklist:
01. Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: Ascanio in Alba, KV 111 (03:19)
02. Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta, KV 366 (04:46)
03. Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492 (04:31)
04. Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, KV 384 (05:33)
05. Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: Così fan tutte, KV 588 (04:25)
06. Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor, KV 486 (04:26)
07. Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, KV 87 (05:20)
08. Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: La finta giardiniera, KV 196 (04:38)
09. Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: Don Giovanni, KV 527 (06:04)
10. Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: Lucio Silla, KV 135 (07:19)
11. Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito, KV 621 (04:39)
12. Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens – Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620 (06:58)

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