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Mozart, Della Casa ∙ Ludwig, Loose ∙ Dermota, Kunz ∙ Schoeffler, Bohm, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
– Cosi Fan Tutte (Highlights)
Label:
London 5478
Format:
LP, Vinyl, Album, 12", 33rpm, Mono
Country:
US
Released:
1955
Genre:
Classical
Style:
Opera
Tracklist
Highlights From Così Fan Tutte - Act 1
A1 Ah, Guarda, Sorella
A2.a Non V'È Più Tempo
A2.b Di Scrivermi Ogni Giorno
A2.c Bella Vita Militar (Chorus)
A2.d Dove Son?
A2.e Soave Sia Il Vento
A3.a Ah! Scostati
A3.b Smanie Implacabili
A4 Come Scoglio
A5 Non Siate Ritrosi?
A6 Un'Aura Amorosa
Highlights From Così Fan Tutte - Act 2
B1 Una Donna A Quindici Anni
B2 Prenderò Quel Brunettino
B3 Il Core Vi Dono
B4 Per Pietà, Ben Mio
B5 Donne Mie, La Fate A Tanti
B6 Fra Gli Amplessi
B7 Tutti Accusan Le Donne
Credits
Baritone Vocals [Don Alfonso, Bass-Baritone] – Paul Schoeffler*
Baritone Vocals [Guglielmo] – Erich Kunz
Chorus – The Vienna State Opera Chorus*
Composed By – Mozart*
Conductor – Karl Böhm
Engineer [Uncredited] – James Brown (13)
Mastered By [Side A] – K (52)
Mastered By [Side B] – E (24)
Orchestra – The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra*
Producer [Uncredited] – Peter Andry
Soprano Vocals [Despina] – Emmy Loose
Soprano Vocals [Dorabella] – Christa Ludwig
Soprano Vocals [Fiordiligi] – Lisa Della Casa
Tenor Vocals [Ferrando] – Anton Dermota
Notes
- Made in England
- Così fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti (Italian: [koˈsi ffan ˈtutte osˈsiːa la ˈskwɔːla deʎʎ aˈmanti; koˈzi]; All Women Do It, or The School for Lovers), K. 588, is an Italian-language opera buffa in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte who also wrote Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni.
Although it is commonly held that Così fan tutte was written and composed at the suggestion of the Emperor Joseph II, recent research does not support this idea. There is evidence that Mozart's contemporary Antonio Salieri tried to set the libretto but left it unfinished. In 1994, John Rice uncovered two terzetti by Salieri in the Austrian National Library.
The short title, Così fan tutte, literally means "So do they all", using the feminine plural (tutte) to indicate women. It is usually translated into English as "Women are like that". The words are sung by the three men in act 2, scene 13, just before the finale; this melodic phrase is also quoted in the overture to the opera. Da Ponte had used the line "Così fan tutte le belle" earlier in Le nozze di Figaro (in act 1, scene 7).