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Christian Gerhaher: Mozart Arias

Mozart / Gerhaher Release Date: 01/08/2016
Label: Sony Catalog #: 88875087162 Spars Code: n/a
Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Performer:  Christian Gerhaher ,  Avi Avital ,  Kristian Bezuidenhout Conductor:  Gottfried Von der Goltz Number of Discs: 1
Recorded in: Stereo Length: 1 Hours 16 Mins.

One of the world‘s foremost Lied singers of today devotes a complete album to Mozart, together with one of the top period instrument ensembles, the Freiburger Barockorchester.

Having sung all other roles on stage with enormous success (Salzburg Festival, Munich State Opera and just recently Frankfurt Opera) Christian Gerhaher sings the famous Leporello aria for the first time.

The album features all the big baritone arias from Mozart’s most well-known operas.

Incorporating by Kristian Bezuidenhout and Avi Avital the Freiburger Barockorchester has a long and distinguished career as an Mozart orchestra, including numerous recordings under the baton of René Jacobs.

 Read more "Christian Gerhaher: the most moving singer in the world.” (The Telegraph)

“Even the beauty of his smooth baritone, as supple as buttery leather, becomes subordinated to the clarity of a given text and its inherent tone color. And yet the emotional effect on the audience is unmistakable. Several audience members dabbed away tears […].” (The New York Times) Read less