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Genius of Mozart
Jan. 8th, 2011 10:45 pmR3 are currently running a Genius of Mozart season, playing every note over the first 12 day of the new year. My feelings are mixed. I'm not greatly taken with the symphonies and many of the chamber works leave me cold, but when it comes to opera I think Mozart is pretty much untouchable and The Marriage of Figaro might just be the finest opera every written.
So here's a slightly fuzzy video of the septet that ends Act 2, featuring, amongst others, Alison Hagley and Bryn Terfel, with the English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.
Now that I think about it, I've got this recording on CD. Along with Vittorio Gui's Glyndebourne recording from '55. Because you can never have too many versions of Figaro...
So here's a slightly fuzzy video of the septet that ends Act 2, featuring, amongst others, Alison Hagley and Bryn Terfel, with the English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.
Now that I think about it, I've got this recording on CD. Along with Vittorio Gui's Glyndebourne recording from '55. Because you can never have too many versions of Figaro...
