Karl Bohm - Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte (1962) [2021 SACD Definition Serie]

2021 marks the 40th anniversary of his death. Other companies are also reprinting, but this "Cosi fan tutte" is the best. Böhm's performance of Mozart was highly acclaimed, especially in opera, where he was acclaimed in various places including the Salzburg Music Festival. Among them, this song has received the greatest compliments from his co-starring singers. There are three types of regular recordings, and the 1955 version of the session co-starring with the Vienna Philharmonic and the 1974 version of the live performance are also highly rated in the market. This recording with the Philharmonia Orchestra in 1962 has reigned as the definitive edition since its release, and the attractive singers, the precision of the performance, and the reins of Böhm are exquisite, and the ease of singing at a calm tempo. The recording is well captured in detail, especially when listening to this latest reprint, you can understand that it meets all the conditions of a masterpiece. The resolution of conventional CDs is not necessarily good, and the true value has not yet been fully conveyed. Again, this is greatly influenced by the state of the master tape. With this reprint, I think that the quality of the natural voice texture, which is the characteristic of SACD (DSD), and the good compatibility of the orchestral sound with a rich sense of scale, will further raise the evaluation of this board.

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Tracks:

disc 1. Overture and Act I (Part 1)
disc 2. Act I (Conclusion) & Act II (Beginning)
disc 3. Act II (Conclusion)

Personnel:

Baritone Vocals [Guglielmo] – Giuseppe Taddei
Bass Vocals [Don Alfonso] – Walter Berry
Chorus – Philharmonia Chorus
Conductor – Karl Böhm
Harpsichord, Musical Assistance – Heinrich Schmidt
Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Dorabella] – Christa Ludwig
Musical Assistance – Maestro Antonio Tonini
Orchestra – The Philharmonia Orchestra*
Soprano Vocals [Despina] – Hanny Steffek
Soprano Vocals [Fiordiligi] – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Tenor Vocals [Ferrando] – Alfredo Kraus

Recording:
10 -18 IX. 1962 Kingsway Hall London