Mozart: Idomeneo, K366

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Here's a performance that blends this conductor's love of scholarship with an unerring sense of theatre. The English Baroque Soloists are magnificent in a work that puts the chorus only one... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2007 More…

Release Date: 2nd Apr 1991
Catalogue No: 4316742
Label: DG Archiv
Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

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Mozart: Idomeneo, K366

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Glenn Winslade (tenor), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Angela Kazimierczuk (soprano), Nigel Robson (tenor), Philip Salmon (tenor), Jonathan Peter Kenny (alto), Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano), Stephen Charlesworth (bass)
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Recorded: 1990-06-08
Recording Venue: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

Ouverture

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"Quando avran fine omai" - "Padre, germani, addio!" - "Ecco Idamante, ahimè!"

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"Radunate i Troiani" - "Non ho colpa, e mi condanni"

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"Ecco il misero resto de'Troiani" - "Scingete le catene"

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"Godiam la pace" - "Prence, signor" - "Ma quel pianto" - "Estinto è Idomeneo?" - "Tutte nel cor vi sento" - "Pietà! Numi, pietà!" - "Eccoci salvi alfin" - "Oh voi"

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"Vedrommi intorno" - "Cieli!che veggo?" - "Spiagge romite"

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"Il padre adorato"

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Intermezzo: Marcia

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"Nettuno s'onori"

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"Tutto m'è noto"

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"Se il tuo duol, se il mio desio"

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"Se mai pomposo apparse"

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"Se il padre perdei"

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"Qual mi conturba i sensi"

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"Fuor del mar"

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"Frettolosa e giuliva Elettra vien" - "Chi mai del mio provò"

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"Idol mio, se ritroso"

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"Odo da lunge armonioso suono"

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"Sidonie sponde!"

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"Placido è il mar" - "Soavi Zeffiri" -"Vattene prence" - "Pria di partir, oh Dio!" - "Qual nuovo terrore!" - "Eccoti in me, barbaro Nume!" - "Corriamo, fuggiamo"

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"Solitudini amiche"

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"Zeffiretti lusinghieri" - "Ei stesso vien... oh Dei!"

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"Principessa, a' tuoi sguardi" - "S'io non moro a questi accenti" - "Cieli! che vedo?"

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"Dunque io me n'andrò" - "Andrò ramingo e solo"

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"Sire, alla reggia tua"

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"Sventurata Sidon!"

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"Se colà ne' fati è scritto"

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"Volgi intorno lo sguardo"

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"O voto tremendo"

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Marcia

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"Accogli, o rè del mar"

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"Frettolosa e giuliva Elettra vien" - "Sire, da Arbace intesi" - "Chi mai del mio provò"

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"Stupenda vittoria!" - "Qual risuona" - "Sire, il prence"

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"Padre, mio caro padre"

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"No, la morte io non pavento"

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"Ma che più tardi"

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"Ferma, oh sire, che fai?"

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"Ha vinto Amore"

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"Oh ciel pietoso!" - "Oh smania! oh furie!" - "D'Oreste, d'Aiace"

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"Popoli, a voi l'ultima legge"

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"Torna la pace al core"

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"Scenda Amor, scenda Imeneo"

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Chaconne - Larghetto - La chaconne, qui reprend - Largo - Allegretto, sempre piano - Più Allegro

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"Ferma, oh sire, che fai?"

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"A Idomeneo perdona"

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"Ha vinto amore"

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"Oh ciel pietoso!" - "Oh smania! oh furie!"

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August 2007

Here's a performance that blends this conductor's love of scholarship with an unerring sense of theatre. The English Baroque Soloists are magnificent in a work that puts the chorus only one step below the principals.

2010

This is unquestionably the most vital and authentic account of Idomeneo to date on disc (though see the more recent review of the Mackerras set below). We have here what was given at the work's first performance in Munich plus, in appendices, what Mozart wanted, or was forced, to cut before that premiere and the alternative versions of certain passages, so that various combinations of the piece can be programmed by the listener. Gardiner's direct, dramatic conducting catches ideally the agony of Idomeneo's terrible predicament-– -forced to sacrifice his son because of an unwise row. This torment of the soul is also entirely conveyed by Anthony Rolfe Johnson in the title role to which Anne Sofie von Otter's moving Idamante is an apt foil. Sylvia McNair is a diaphanous, pure-voiced Ilia, Hillevi Martinpelto a properly fiery, sharp-edged Elettra.
With dedicated support from his own choir and orchestra, who obviously benefited from a long period of preparation, Gardiner matches the stature of this noble opera seria. The recording catches the excitement which all who heard the live performances will recall.

October 2008

The highlight of Gardiner's cycle of the mature Mozart operas. Dramatically vivid with some magnificent performances from a superb cast, and thrilling playing by the English Baroque Soloists.

2011 edition

Gardiner's Mozartian style is well sprung and subtly moulded rather than severe. The principals sing beautifully...The electrifying singing of the Monteverdi Choir adds to the dramatic bite.

December 2014

it's Anthony Rolfe Johnson's nuanced King of Crete and Anne Sofie von Otter's stoical, classily-sung Idamante that win the day.

Good CD Guide

This is unquestionably the most vital and authentic account of Idomeneo to date on disc. The recording catches the excitement which all who heard the live performance will recall.

Mozart: Idomeneo, K366

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