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  • Comment: The sources aren't quite enough to establish notability per WP:GNG, and it isn't clear how this would satisfy WP:NALBUM either. Perhaps the author could elaborate on that latter point?
    The reason why I say the sources aren't sufficient is that of the three reviews, the InterClassical one consists of only a single paragraph, in a lengthy article covering 20 recordings; the MusicWeb piece is similar.
    Were there no contemporaneous reviews in 'proper' (note the inverted commas!) mainstream media when this came out? DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:28, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
Le nozze di Figaro
1971 LP release
Studio album by
Colin Davis
Released1971
RecordedApril 1971
VenueLondon
GenreOpera
Length2:54:40
LanguageItalian
LabelPhilips Records

Le nozze di Figaro is 1971 recording of Mozart's opera of the same name, originally released on Philips Records. It features the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of English conductor Sir Colin Davis. The cast includes Jessye Norman as the Countess, Mirella Freni as Susanna, Ingvar Wixell as the Count, Wladimiro Ganzarolli as Figaro and Yvonne Minton as Cherubino. It was recorded in London in April 1971.

The recording was praised for Davis' imaginative, effective conducting and a high-profile cast. Freni is regarded as one of the best Susannas on disc and Norman's performance of the Countess was well received (considering it was relatively early on in her career). Although, the recording received criticism due to Ganzarolli's seemingly gruff and unmusical performance and Yvonne Minton as Cherubino being regarded as uninteresting. Since its initial release, it has been reissued multiple times and is still a highly regarded interpretation.

Background

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Davis recorded a majority of Mozart's later operas for Philips Records during the 1970s (he'd previously set down Idomeneo in 1967). He became known for his Mozart interpretations; he had stood in for an ill Otto Klemperer and conducted a performance of Don Giovanni at the Royal Festival Hall in 1959, a production that brought Davis his first wide acclaim.

He also had a long and notable association with Covent Garden, beginning in 1970 when he succeeded Sir Georg Solti as musical director. There he mounted an influential production of La clemenza di Tito beginning in 1973 starring Janet Baker, Stuart Burrows, Robert Lloyd and Yvonne Minton (Davis recorded this opera four years later with a similar cast in the studio, see La clemenza di Tito (Colin Davis recording)).[1]

The recording itself follows the alternative ordering of the numbers in the third act, with the Countess's aria "Dove sono" coming before the quartet "Riconosci in questo amplesso", which differs from the organization of other recordings. Both Marcellina and Bartolo's arias, which are usually dropped, are included (which has now become the expected standard, but was an uncommon inclusion during the 1960s and before).

 
Sir Colin Davis in 1967, whose conducting in the recording was praised for being "imaginative" and having a consistent pulse of excitement sustained throughout.

Release and cover art

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File:Le nozze di Figaro (1971).jpg
1991 Complete Mozart Edition reissue on Philips Classics

The recording was first released in 1971 as a quadruple LP with complete libretto and performance notes on Philips Records, and continued to be pressed until 1974. It was distributed throughout Europe and the US.[2] It was also issued on cassette (catalogue number 7505 093).[3] In 1987, the Italian record label Lyrica licensed the recording from Philips and reissued it as a triple CD album that was distributed throughout Italy.[4][5][6] It was reissued again on CD in 1989 on the Philips Classics label as a triple disc box set with a 292-page booklet as Philips Classics 426 195-2.[7] It was issued twice more on CD: first in 1991 as Volume 40 of the Complete Mozart Edition and then once again in 2004 as a budget release for Philips' Trio series. This issue lacked the complete libretto.

The cover art of the original 1971 LP release featured an etching by Polish-German artist Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (1726–1801). The artwork for both the 1989 and 1991 Mozart Edition reissues were designed by Pet Halmen and directed by Estelle Kercher.[8]

Track listing, CD 1

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Le nozze di Figaro, commedia per musica (opera buffa) in four acts, K. 492; premiered 1 May 1786, Vienna, with a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte (1749–1838), after La folle journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro (1778) by Pierre Beaumarchais (1732–1799).

  • 1 (4:04) Sinfonia

Act One

  • 2 (3:29) No. 1 Duettino: "Cinque...dieci...venti" / Recitativo: "Cosa stai misurando" (Susanna, Figaro)
  • 3 (5:05) No. 2 Duettino: "Se a caso madama" / Recitativo: "Or bene, ascolta" (Susanna, Figaro)
  • 4 (3:37) No. 3 Cavatina: "Se vuol ballare" (Figaro) / Recitativo: "Ed aspettaste il giorno" (Bartolo, Marcellina)
  • 5 (3:51) No. 4 Aria: "La vendetta" (Bartolo) / Recitativo: "Tutto anchor non ho perso" (Marcellina, Susanna)
  • 6 (3:44) No. 5 Duettino: "Via resti servita" (Marcellina, Susanna) / Recitativo: "Va là, vecchia pedante" (Susanna, Cherubino)
  • 7 (2:47) No. 6 Aria: "Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio" (Cherubino)
  • 8 (3:30) Recitativo: "Ah, son perduto!" (Cherubino, Susanna, Conte, Basilio)
  • 9 (5:14) No. 7 Terzetto: "Cosa sento! Tosto andate" (Conte, Susanna, Basilio) / Recitativo: "Basilio, in traccia tosto" (Conte, Susanna, Cherubino, Basilio)
  • 10 (4:59) No. 8 Coro: "Giovani liete" (Chorus) / Recitativo: "Cos'è questa commedia?" (Conte, Figaro, Susanna, Basilio) / No. 9 Coro: "Giovani liete" (Chorus) / Recitativo: "Evviva!" (Figaro, Susanna, Basilio, Cherubino, Conte)
  • 11 (3:45) No. 10 Aria: "Non più andrai" (Figaro)

Act Two

  • 12 (3:55) No. 11 Cavatina: "Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro" (Contessa)
  • 13 (5:12) Recitativo: "Vieni, cara Susanna" (Contessa, Susanna, Figaro) / Recitativo: "Quanto duolmi, Susanna" (Contessa, Susanna, Cherubino)
  • 14 (3:52) No. 12 Arietta: "Voi che sapete" (Cherubino) / Recitativo: "Bravo! Che bella voce!" (Contessa, Susanna, Cherubino)
  • 15 (3:14) No. 13 Aria: "Venite...inginocchiatevi..." (Susanna)

Track listing, CD 2

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Act Two, continued

  • 1 (3:39) Recitativo: "Quante buffonerie!" (Contessa, Susanna, Cherubino) / Recitativo: "Che novità!" (Conte, Contessa)
  • 2 (4:09) No. 14 Terzetto: "Susanna, or via, sortite" (Conte, Contessa, Susanna) / Recitativo: "Dunque, voi non aprite?" (Conte, Contessa)
  • 3 (2:42) No. 15 Duettino: "Aprite, presto, aprite" (Susanna, Cherubino) / Recitativo: "O guarda il demonietto!" (Susanna) / Recitativo: "Tutto è come Io lasciai" (Conte, Contessa)
  • 4 (7:45) No. 16a Finale: "Esci, ormai, garzon malnato" (Conte, Contessa) / No. 16b Finale: "Susanna!...Signore!" (Conte, Contessa, Susanna)
  • 5 (8:53) No. 16c Finale: "Signori, di fuore" (Figaro, Conte, Contessa, Susanna) / "Ah! Signor...signor" (Antonio, Conte, Figaro, Contessa, Susanna)
  • 6 (3:37) No. 16d Finale: "Voi signor, che giusto siete" (Marcellina, Bartolo, Basilio, Figaro, Conte, Contessa, Susanna)

Act Three

  • 7 (2:30) Recitativo: "Che imbarazzo è mai questo!" (Conte) / Recitativo: "Via, fatti core" (Contessa, Susanna, Conte)
  • 8 (3:55) No. 17 Duettino: "Crudel! Perchè finora" (Conte, Susanna) / Recitativo: "E perché fosti meco" (Conte, Susanna, Figaro)
  • 9 (4:51) No. 18 Recitativo ed Aria: "Hai già vinta la causa!...Vedrò mentr'io sospiro" (Conte)
  • 10 (0:38) Recitativo: "Andiam, andiam, bel paggio" (Barbarina, Cherubino)
  • 11 (6:15) No. 20 Recitativo ed Aria: "E, Susanna non vien!...Dove sono i bei momenti" (Contessa)
  • 12 (2:04) Recitativo: "È decisa la lite" (Curzio, Conte, Figaro, Marcellina, Bartolo)
  • 13 (6:35) No. 19 Sestetto: "Riconosci in questo amplesso" (Marcellina, Figaro, Bartolo, Conte, Curzio, Susanna) / Recitativo: "Eccovi, o caro amico" (Marcellina, Bartolo, Figaro, Susanna) / Recitativo: "Io di vico" (Antonio, Conte)
  • 14 (3:37) Recitativo: "Cosa mi narri!" (Contessa, Susanna) / No. 21 Duettino: "Che soave zeffiretto" (Contessa, Susanna) / Recitativo: "Piegato è il foglio" (Contessa, Susanna)
  • 15 (4:14) No. 22 Coro: "Ricevete, o padroncina" (Chorus) / Recitativo: "Queste sono, madama" (Barbarina, Contessa, Susanna) / Recitativo: "Eh cospettaccio!" (Antonio, Conte, Contessa, Susanna) / Recitativo: "Signor...se trattenette" (Figaro, Barbarina, Conte, Antonio, Contessa, Susanna)
  • 16 (3:24) No. 23 Finale, Part 1: "Ecco la marcia" (Figaro, Susanna, Conte, Contessa) / "Amanti, costanti" (Due Giovinette, Chorus)
  • 17 (3:20) No. 23 Finale, Part 2: "Eh già, solita usanza" (Fandango) (Conte, Figaro) / "Amanti, costanti" (Chorus)

Track listing, CD 3

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Act Four

  • 1 (1:41) No. 24 Cavatina: "L'ho perduta" (Barbarina)
  • 2 (2:37) Recitativo: "Barbarina, cos'hai?" (Figaro, Barbarina, Marcellina) / Recitativo: "Madre...figlio" (Figaro, Marcellina) / Recitativo: "Presto, avvertiam Susanna" (Marcellina)
  • 3 (4:01) No. 25 Aria: "Il capro e la capretta" (Marcellina)
  • 4 (2:04) Recitativo: "Nel padiglione a manca" (Barbarina) / Recitativo: "È Barbarina" (Figaro, Basilio, Bartolo) / Recitativo: "Ha i diavoli nel corpo" (Basilio, Bartolo)
  • 5 (3:58) No. 26 Aria: "In quegli anni in cui val poco" (Basilio)
  • 6 (4:28) No. 27 Recitativo ed Aria: "Tutto è disposto...Aprite un po' quegli occhi" (Figaro)
  • 7 (0:58) Recitativo: "Signora, ella mi disse" (Contessa, Susanna, Figaro)
  • 8 (5:08) No. 28 Recitativo ed Aria: "Giunse alfin il momento...Deh vieni, non tardar" (Susanna)
  • 9 (0:35) Recitativo: "Perfida! E in quella forma" (Contessa, Figaro, Cherubino)
  • 10 (5:57) No. 29 Finale, Part 1: "Pian, pianin le andrò più presso" (Cherubino, Contessa, Conte, Susanna, Figaro)
  • 11 (5:41) No. 29 Finale, Part 2: "Tutto è tranquillo e placido" (Figaro, Susanna) / "Pace, pace, mio dolce tesoro" (Figaro, Susanna, Conte)
  • 12 (4:54) No. 29 Finale, Part 3: "Gente, gente, all'armi, all'armi!" (Tutti)

Personnel

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Musical

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Other

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Welcome to Royal Ballet and Opera Collections". www.rohcollections.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  2. ^ "Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro". Discogs.com.
  3. ^ W. A. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, cond. Colin Davis, Philips MC, 7505 093, 1971
  4. ^ W. A. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, cond. Colin Davis, Lyrica CD, LRC 01082
  5. ^ W. A. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, cond. Colin Davis, Lyrica CD, LRC 01081, 1987
  6. ^ W. A. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, cond. Colin Davis, Lyrica CD, LRC 01080, 1987
  7. ^ W. A. Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, cond. Colin Davis, Philips Classics 426 195-2, 1989
  8. ^ a b Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1971). "Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro". Discogs.com. Germany: Philips Classics Records (published 1989). Retrieved 27 November 2024.


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