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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Die Schuldigkeit Des Ersten Gebots, K.35
1.
Sinfonia
3:20
2.
Recitative 'Die löblich' und gerechte Bitte'
1:46
3.
No.1, Aria: 'Mit Jammer muß ich schauen'
6:05
4.
Recitative: 'So vieler Seelen Fall'
1:59
5.
No.2, Aria: 'Ein ergimmter Löwe brüllet'
6:14
6.
Recitative: 'Was glaubst du'
0:51
7.
Accompanied recitative: 'Wenn aus so vieler Tausend Mund'
2:20
8.
No.3, Aria: 'Erwache, fauler Knecht'
7:36
9.
Recitative: 'Er reget sich'
0:18
10.
Accompanied recitative: 'Wie, wer erwecket mich?'
3:56
11.
No.4, Aria: 'Hat der Schöpfer dieses Leben'
7:14
12.
Accompanied recitative: 'Daß Träume Träme sind'
1:28
13.
No.5, Aria: 'Jener Donnerworte Kraft'
9:37
14.
Recitative: 'Ist dieses, o so zweifle nimmermehr'
1:43
15.
No.6, Aria: 'Schildre einen Philosophen'
5:14
16.
Recitative: 'Wen hör' ich nun hier'
4:06
17.
No.7, Aria: 'Manches Übel will zuweilen'
7:29
18.
Recitative: 'Er hält mich einem Kranken gleich'
2:26
19.
Recitative: 'Hast du nunmehr erfahren'
1:11
20.
No.8, Trio: 'Laßt mir eurer Gnade Schein'
9:36
84:42
Solo:Allan Clayton - (tenor)
Solo: Andrew Kennedy - (tenor)
Solo: Sophie Bevan - (soprano)
Solo: Sarah Fox - (soprano)
Solo: Cora Burggraaf - (mezzo-soprano)
Notes
The first release in a new partnership between Classical Opera and Signum Records begins with Mozart’s remarkable sacred singspiel Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, composed when he was just eleven. The music is full of tender beauty, dynamism and descriptive flair, and the young composer’s innate sense of understanding and sympathy for the human condition already shines through. The story follows the efforts of The Spirit of Christianity (Andrew Kennedy) – aided by Divine Justice (Cora Burggraaf ) and Divine Mercy (Sarah Fox) – to win back the heart of a Lapsed Christian (Allan Clayton) as he lies fast asleep. In opposition to this however stands The Spirit of Worldliness (Sophie Bevan), who urges the Christian to forget what The Spirit shows him and to follow her pleasure-seeking philosophies. As Justice and Mercy withdraw to observe, The Spirit of Christianity seeks to win back the lapsed Christian, but will this lost soul be able to resist the temptations of indulgence and short-term satisfaction that Worldliness offers?
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Reviews
"After listening to this recording of such a rarity, I began to wonder whether this work has ever had a finer performance than this one. We’ll never know what Mozart’s original team sounded like, but he’d have been lucky to have assembled a team as skilful, well balanced and neatly contrasted as this one."
MusicWeb-International.com - December 2015
“The piece is performance to a high standard, with tenors Andrew Kennedy and Allan Clayton making the most of the Spirit of Christianity and the Half-Hearten Christian respectively. Soprano Sophie Bevan suggests all the pleasures of Worldliness, and soprano Sarah Fox exemplifies a compassionate Divine Mercy.”
BBC Music magazine – Christmas Issue – 2013
“The orchestration is already of interest, particularly the accompanied recitatives which have a vitality and dramatic urgency that help imbue some life into the work. But the arias are weaker affairs...Page conducts the Orchestra of Classical Opera and makes as persuasive a case as possible.” ***
Opera Now magazine
“Page and the Orchestra of Classical Opera have an unerring knack for making the most out of the young Mozart's characterful music...tenors Andrew Kennedy and Allan Clayton sing with an ideal synthesis of muscular directness and Mozartian elegance...[Worldliness's arias] are both sung with mischievous elan by Sophie Bevan.”
Gramophone magazine – October 2013
"... enthusiastic playing of the pungent instruments of the orchestra under Ian Page. The soloists are all effective. Outstanding are Andrew Kennedy, wit his clear ringing tenor, and the pure bright soprano of Sarah Fox ..."
Ralph V Lucano - American Record Guide - March/April 2014
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