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Mozart: Davide Penitente / Minkowski, Karg, Crebassa

Mozart / Fleischer / Salzburger Bachchor / Minkows Release Date: 09/25/2015
Label: C Major Catalog #: 731608
Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Performer:  Marianne Crebassa ,  Christiane Karg ,  Stanislas De Barbeyrac Conductor:  Marc Minkowski Orchestra/Ensemble:  Les Musiciens du Louvre ,  Salzburg Bach Choir Number of Discs: 1
Length: 1 Hours 11 Mins.

Also available on Blu-ray

For this spectacular production of Mozart’s Davide penitente on the vast stage of the Salzburg Felsenreitschule during Mozart Week 2015, soloists, the Salzburger Bachchor and conductor Marc Minkowski were joined by equestrian choreographer Bartabas, who, using dancing horses, restored the former riding school to its original function. Horses, riders from the Académie équestre de Versailles and Bartabas himself, whose successful productions are unique in the world of art, perform their elegant dressage arabesques within this exceptional setting. Soloists, chorus and orchestra are ranged over three levels on galleries cut from Read more the bare rock. The result is a unique synthesis of the arts. “A festival of beauty.” (Munich Abendzeitung) “Minkowski and Bartabas have created a great piece of theatre.” (NMZ)
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