Peter Aisher, Robin Bailey, Simon Chalford Gilkes, Ed Hughes, Stuart Laing, Nick Morton, Dominic Walsh - Sklaven
Orchestra: Orchestra of Classical Opera
Conductor:Ian Page
Notes
Continuing the company’s critically acclaimed complete cycle of Mozart operas on Signum Classics is the release of Zaide. One of very few of Mozart’s works to be written without a commission, Mozart completed fifteen numbers before abandoning the work to fulfil the commission for Idomeneo. These include two searing melodramas, some superb ensembles and a sequence of arias including the celebrated “Ruhe sanft”.
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Reviews
“…A performance of rare distinction, bringing out all the fizz of the music”
MusicWeb-International.com – April 2017
“… Page is the hero here. Drawing outstanding playing, he makes every note and inflexion count, his acute perception apparent throughout a performance that crackles with an intensity never achieved at the expense of obscuring orchestral detail or lyrical warmth.”
Opera magazine – January 2017
“… Classical Opera’s well-rounded interpretation offers a strong advocacy for the treasures within Mozart’s forsaken opera.”
Gramophone magazine – October 2016
“Page’s performance offers firmness and mastery of tempo … As Gomatz, Allan Clayton brings energy and definition to his singing … Excellent sound.” ***
BBC Music magazine – December 2016
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