Getting the Most Out of Mozart The Vocal Works

by Hurwitz, David

• ISBN13: 9781574671063
• ISBN10: 1574671065
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2005-05-01
• Publisher: Amadeus

Summary

Mozart was the first composer whose operas have never left the international repertoire, and for many he remains one of the finest vocal composers who ever lived. In a sense, all of his music is vocal music, depending as it does on arresting, singable melodies, but in his great operas, single arias and sacred works, Mozart put his melodic gift to work, revealing the subtleties and expressive potential of a wide range of texts in languages ranging from Italian to Latin to German. In every case, he created masterpieces, from operas such as The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, and The Magic Flute to the sacred choral motet Ave Verum Corpus and, of course, the unfinished Requiem, his final project. This second Getting the Most Out of Mozart volume in our Unlocking the Masters series focuses on Mozart's great operas and other vocal works, but also discusses numerous lesser-known compositions, from operas he wrote as a child to "insertion arias" for favorite singers or operas by other composers. In each case, David Hurwitz describes how the musical setting and choice of instruments supports the text. He takes readers through the seven major operas aria by aria, showing how Mozart uses vocal style and orchestration to create believable and moving characters that remain the standard for characterization in music to which all composers and dramatists aspire. The accompanying CD from Telarc Records includes 14 works.

Author Biography

David Hurwitz is founder and executive editor of Classicstoday.com, a daily classical music magazine, and is the chairman and founder of the Classical Internet Awards

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Part 1: The Great Operas
Mozart's Operatic Style	3	(34)
Idomeneo	37	(22)
Die Entführung aus dem Serail	59	(12)
Le Nozze di Figaro	71	(12)
Don Giovanni	83	(22)
Cosi Fan Tutte	105	(20)
La Clemenza di Tito	125	(14)
Die Zauberflöte	139	(22)
Part 2: Other Vocal Works
The Not-So-Great Operas	161	(14)
Apollo et Hyacinthus
Bastien and Bastienne
La finta semplice
Mitridate, re di Ponto
Ascanio in Alba
Lucio Silla
Il sogno de Scipione
La finta giardiniera
Il re pastore
Zaide
Der Schauspieldirektor
Concert Arias	175	(16)
"Alcando, lo confesso...Non so d'onde viene," K. 294
"No, the non sei capace," K. 419
"Ch'io mi scordi di te?...Non temer amato bene," K. 505
"Bella mia fiamma, addio!...Resta, o cara," K. 528
"Giunse alfin it momento...Al desio di chi t'adora," K. 577
"Schon lacht der holde Frühling," K. 580
"Per pieta, non ricercate," K. 420
"Mentre ti lascio, oh figlia," K. 513
"Un bacio di mano," K. 541
"Per questa bella mano," K. 612
Sacred Music	191	(18)
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165
Missa Brevis in F,K. 192
"Coronation" Mass in C Major, K. 317
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339
Mass in C Minor, K. 427 and Davidde penitente, K. 469
Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618
Requiem, K. 626
CD Track Listing	209