Immerse yourself in the timeless brilliance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro," a masterful opera buffa that has captivated audiences for centuries. Released on July 9, 1986, by Decca Music Group Ltd., this recording is a testament to Mozart's unparalleled genius in the realm of classical music. Spanning a generous 2 hours and 53 minutes, the album is a comprehensive journey through the intricate and delightful world of Figaro's wedding, filled with humor, intrigue, and unforgettable melodies.
Mozart's "Le nozze di Figaro" is a cornerstone of the opera repertoire, showcasing his exceptional ability to blend comedy and drama with sublime musicality. The opera, composed in 1786, is based on Pierre Beaumarchais's play and tells the story of servants and masters in a chaotic day of misunderstandings and miscommunications leading up to the wedding of Figaro and Susanna. The score is a marvel of orchestration, featuring some of Mozart's most beloved arias and ensembles, such as "Non più andrai," "Voi che sapete," and the iconic "Deh, vieni alla finestra."
This recording brings together a stellar cast of vocalists and musicians, each bringing their unique interpretation to Mozart's richly textured score. The Decca Music Group Ltd. label ensures high-quality production, allowing the listener to fully appreciate the depth and nuance of Mozart's composition. Whether you are a seasoned opera enthusiast or a newcomer to the genre, this album offers a profound and enjoyable listening experience. Dive into the world of "Le nozze di Figaro" and discover why Mozart's music continues to resonate with audiences around the world.
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492: OvertureWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1: "Cinque... deci... venti..." - "Cosa stai misurando"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Barbara Hendricks, José van Dam, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1: "Se a caso Madama" - "Or bene, ascolta, e taci"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Barbara Hendricks, José van Dam, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1: "Se vuol ballare" - "Ed aspettaste il giorno"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, José van Dam, Felicity Palmer, Robert Lloyd, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1: "La vendetta" - "Tutto ancor non ho perso"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Barbara Hendricks, Felicity Palmer, Robert Lloyd, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1: "Via resti servita" - "Va là, vecchia pedante"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Barbara Hendricks, Agnes Baltsa, Felicity Palmer, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1: "Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Agnes Baltsa, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1: "Ah, son perduto!"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Barbara Hendricks, Agnes Baltsa, Aldo Baldin, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1: "Cosa sento! tosto andate" - "Basilio, in traccia tosto"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Barbara Hendricks, Agnes Baltsa, Aldo Baldin, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1: "Giovani liete" - "Cos'è questa commedia?" - "Giovani liete" - "Evviva!"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Barbara Hendricks, José van Dam, Agnes Baltsa, Aldo Baldin, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 1: "Non più andrai"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, José van Dam, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2: "Porgi amor"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2: "Vieni, cara Susanna" - "Quanto duolmi, Susanna"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, José van Dam, Agnes Baltsa, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2: "Voi che sapete" - "Bravo! che bella voce!"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Agnes Baltsa, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2: "Venite... inginocchiatevi..."Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Barbara Hendricks, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2: "Quante buffonerie!"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, Agnes Baltsa, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2: "Che novità!"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2: "Susanna, or via, sortite" - "Dunque, voi non aprite"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2: "Aprite, presto" - "O guarda il demonietto!" - "Tutto è come io lasciai"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, Agnes Baltsa, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2: "Esci, ormai, garzon malnato" - "Susanna!... Signore!"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2: "Signore, di fuori" - "Ah! signore... signor!"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, José van Dam, Donald Maxwell, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 2: "Voi signor, che giusto siete"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, José van Dam, Felicity Palmer, Aldo Baldin, Robert Lloyd, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3: "Che imbarazzo è mai questo" - "Via, fatti core"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3: "Crudel! perché finora" - "E perché fosti meco"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Barbara Hendricks, José van Dam, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3: "Hai già vinta la causa" - "Vedrò mentr'io sospiro"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3: "E decisa la lite"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, José van Dam, Felicity Palmer, Aldo Baldin, Robert Lloyd, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3: "Riconosci in questo amplesso" - "Eccovi, o caro amico" - "Andiamo, andiam, bel paggio"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Barbara Hendricks, José van Dam, Agnes Baltsa, Felicity Palmer, Aldo Baldin, Robert Lloyd, Cathryn Pope, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3: "E Susanna non vien!" - "Dove sono i bei momenti"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3: "Io vi dico, signor" - "Cosa mi narri!"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, Donald Maxwell, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3: "Che soave zeffiretto" - "Piegato è il foglio..."Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3: "Ricevete, o padroncina" - "Queste sono, Madama"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, José van Dam, Agnes Baltsa, Donald Maxwell, Cathryn Pope, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3: "Ecco la marcia... andiamo." - "Amanti costanti"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, José van Dam, Cathryn Pope, Catherine Denley, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 3: Fandango - "Eh già, solita usanza"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, José van Dam, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4: "L'ho perduta... me meschina!"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Cathryn Pope, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4: "Barbarina, cos'hai?" - "Madre... Figlio." - "Presto, avvertiam Susanna"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, José van Dam, Felicity Palmer, Cathryn Pope, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4: "Il capro e la capretta"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felicity Palmer, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4: "Nel padiglione a manca"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, José van Dam, Aldo Baldin, Robert Lloyd, Cathryn Pope, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4: "In quegli anni in cui val poco"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Aldo Baldin, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4: "Tutto è disposto" - "Aprite un po' quegli occhi"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, José van Dam, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4: "Signora, ella mi disse"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, José van Dam, Felicity Palmer, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4: "Giunse alfin il momento" - "Deh vieni non tardar"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Barbara Hendricks, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4: "Perfida! e in quella forma meco mentia?"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, José van Dam, Agnes Baltsa, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4: "Pian pianin le andrò più presso"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, José van Dam, Agnes Baltsa, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4: "Tutto è tranquillo e placido" - "Pace, pace mio dolce tesoro"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Barbara Hendricks, José van Dam, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Le nozze di Figaro, K.492 / Act 4: "Gente, gente, all'armi"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ruggero Raimondi, Lucia Popp, Barbara Hendricks, José van Dam, Agnes Baltsa, Felicity Palmer, Aldo Baldin, Robert Lloyd, Donald Maxwell, Cathryn Pope, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
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