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Notes
The conductor Jérémie Rhorer is today regarded as one of the finest interpreters of the music of Mozart in general and his operas in particular. After conducting Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in 2015, he performed it again at a memorable concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris in September of that year with his orchestra, Le Cercle de l’Harmonie. It is this exceptional event, captured in a live recording conveying all the dramatic intensity of the opera, that we present today.
‘In Die Entfuhrung, Mozart presents a completely unprecedented vision of the singspiel, with highly developed ensembles and musical continuity at a time when contemporary spectators were expecting the standard alternation between spoken and sung sections’, says Jérémie Rhorer in the interview that accompanies the discs. That musical dramaturgy lies at the centre of this interpretation, which is served by an outstandingly homogeneous cast.
This recording launches a series of recordings of concerts at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and a collaboration between Alpha Classics and Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, who will continue to place their excellence at the service of the great masterpieces of Mozart – and of other composers: watch this space!
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Reviews
"...Rhorer's astute pacing of the musical drama, consistently persuasive tempi, stylish sculpting of orchestral subtleties and sensible casting of singers who prove to be suitable for the vocal and dramatic demands of their roles all means that this very enjoyable recording arguably has an advantage of musical consistency over other recent versions."
David Vickers - Gramophone magazine - September 2015
*** (Good Disc) *** (Good Sound)
Pierre Flinois - Classica magazine (France) - July/August 2016
Album of the Week
"... the set sparkles."
Hugh Canning - The Sunday Times (Culture magazine) - 3 July 2016
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