Mozart: Overtures Die Kölner Akademie & Michael Alexander Willens

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Ascanio in Alba, KV 111:
• 1 Mozart: Ascanio in Alba, KV 111 03:19
• Idomeneo, re di Creta, KV 366:
• 2 Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta, KV 366 04:46
• Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492:
• 3 Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492 04:31
• Die Entführung aus dem Serail, KV 384:
• 4 Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, KV 384 05:33
• Così fan tutte, KV 588:
• 5 Mozart: Così fan tutte, KV 588 04:25
• Der Schauspieldirektor, KV 486:
• 6 Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor, KV 486 04:26
• Mitridate, re di Ponto, KV 87:
• 7 Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, KV 87 05:20
• La finta giardiniera, KV 196:
• 8 Mozart: La finta giardiniera, KV 196 04:38
• Don Giovanni, KV 527:
• 9 Mozart: Don Giovanni, KV 527 06:04
• Lucio Silla, KV 135:
• 10 Mozart: Lucio Silla, KV 135 07:19
• La Clemenza de Tito, KV 621:
• 11 Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito, KV 621 04:39
• Die Zauberflöte, KV 620:
• 12 Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620 06:58
• Total Runtime 01:01:58

Info for Mozart: Overtures

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.

Kölner Akademie
Michael Alexander Willens, conductor

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