Mozart: Don Giovanni / Allen, Vaness, M. Ewing, Gale, Lewis, Van Allen; Haitink

1. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527
   Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
   Performed by Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra
   with James Ellis, Elizabeth Gale, Keith Lewis, Richard van Allan, Dimitri Kavrakos, Carol Vaness, Sir Thomas [baritone] Allen, John Rawnsley, Maria Ewing
   Conducted by Bernard Haitink, Jane Glover
   
   

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Allen, Vaness, M. Ewing, Gale, Lewis, Van Allen; Haitink,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,London Philharmonic Orchestra,Bernard Haitink,Thomas Allen,Carol Vaness,Maria Ewing,Elizabeth Gale,Keith Lewis,Richard Van Allen,Angel Records,Classical,Classical Music,German/Austrian Classical Period Opera,Opera,Opera / Operetta / Oratorio

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Mozart: Don Giovanni / Allen, Vaness, M. Ewing, Gale, Lewis, Van Allen; Haitink Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Allen, Thomas | ( A ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002RMT Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Ov - London PO/Bernard Haitink
2. Act I, Scene One: Intro: 'Notte e giorno faticar','Non sperar, se non m'uccidi','Lasciala... - Richard Van Allan/CarolVaness/Thomas Allan/Dimitri Kavrakos
3. Act I, Scene One: Recitatativo: 'Ah, del padre in periglio' - Carol Ottavio/Richard Van Allan
4. Act I, Scene One: & Duetto: 'Fuggi, crudele, fuggi!' - Carol Ottavio/Richard Van Allan
5. Act I, Scene Two: Recitativo: 'Orsu, spicciati presto' - Thomas Allen/Richard Van Allan
6. Act I, Scene Two: Aria: 'Ah,chi mi dice mai' - Maria Ewing
7. Act I, Scene Two: Recitativo: 'Chi e la?' - Maria Ewing/Thomas Allan
8. Act I, Scene Two: Aria: 'Madamina, il catalogo e questo' - Richard Van Allen
9. Act I, Scene Two: Recitativo: 'In questa Forma' - Maria Ewing
10. Act I, Scene Three: Coro: 'Giovinette che fate all'amore' - Elizabeth Gale/John Rawnsley/Glynebourne Chorus
11. Act I, Scene Three: Recitativo: Manco male e partita' - Thomas Allen/Richard Van Allan/Elizabeth Gale/John Rawnsley
12. Act I, Scene Three: Aria: 'Ho capito, signor,si!' - John Rawnsley
13. Act I, Scene Three: Recitativo: ' alfin siam liberati...' - Thomas Allen/Elizabeth Gale
14. Act I, Scene Three: & Duetto: 'La ci darem la mano' - Thomas Allen/Elizabeth Gale
15. Act I, Scene Three: Recitativo: 'Fermati, scellerato' - Maria Ewing/Elizabeth Gale/Thomas Allen
16. Act I, Scene Three: Aria: Ah! fuggi il traditor!' - Maria Ewing
17. Act I, Scene Three: Recitativo: 'Mi par ch'oggi il demonio...' - Thomas Allen/Keith Lewis/Carol Vaness/Maria Ewing
18. Act I, Scene Three: Quaretto: ' Non ti fider, o misera' - Thomas Allen/Keith Lewis/Carol Vaness/Maria Ewing
19. Act I, Scene Three: Recititivo: 'Povera sventurata!' - Thomas Allen
20. Act I, Scene Three: Recititivo: Don Ottavio, son morta!' - Carol Vaness/Keith Lewis
21. Act I, Scene Three: Aria: 'Or sai chi l'onore' - Carol Vaness/Keith Lewis
22. Act I, Scene Three: Recitativo: 'Come Mai creder deggio...' - Keith Lewis
23. Act I, Scene Three: & Aria: 'Dalla sua pace' - Keith Lewis

Tracks:

1. Act I, Scene Three: Recitativo: 'Io Deggio ad ogni patto...' - Richard Van Allan/Thomas Allan
2. Act I, Scene Three: Aria: 'Finch' han dal vino' - Thomas Allan
3. Act I, Scene Four: Recitativo: 'Masetto, senti un po'!' - Elizabeth Gale/John Rawnsley
4. Act I, Scene Four: Aria: 'Batti, batti, o bel Masetto' - Elizabeth Gale
5. Act I, Scene Four: Recitatativo: ' Guarda un po'...' - John Rawnsley/Thomas Allan/Elizabeth Gale
6. Act I, Scene Four: Finale: 'Presto, preto, pria ch'ei venga' - John Rawnsley/Elizabeth Gale/Thomas Allan/Glynebourne Chorus
7. Act I, Scene Four: Finale: 'Tra quest' arbori celata' - Elizabeth Gale/Thomas Allan/John Rawnsley
8. Act I, Scene Four: Finale: 'Bisogna aver corraggio' - Maria Ewing/Keith Lewis/Carol Vaness/Richard Van Allen/Thomas Allan
9. Act I, Scene Four: 'Protegga il giusto cielo','Vendichi il giusto cielo' - Carol Vaness/Maria Ewing/Keith Lewis
10. Act I, Scene Five: 'Riposate, vezzose ragazze' - Thomas Allan/Richard Van Allen/John Rawnsley/Elizabeth Gale
11. Act I, Scene Five: 'Venite pur avanti' - Richard Van Allen/Thomas Allan/Carol Vaness/Maria Ewing/Keith Lewis/John Rawnsley/Elizabeth Gale
12. Act I, Scene Five: 'Ecco il birbo che t ha offesa!' - Thomas Allan/Richard Van Allen/Keith Lewis/Carol Vaness/Maria Ewing
13. Act I, Scene Five: 'Trema, trema, o scellerato!' - Thomas Allan/Richard Van Allen/Keith Lewis/Carol Vaness/Maria Ewing
14. Act II, Scene One: Duetto: 'Ehvia, buffone, non mi seccar!' - Thomas Allan/Richard Van Allen
15. Act II, Scene One: Recitativo: 'Leporello!...Signore?' - Thomas Allan/Richard Van Allen
16. Act II, Scene One: Trio: 'Ah taci, ingiusto Core!' - Maria Ewing/Richard Van Allen/Thomas Allan
17. Act II, Scene One: Recitativo: 'Amico, che ti par?' - Thomas Allan/Richard Van Allen/Maria Ewing
18. Act II, Scene One: Serenata: 'Deh vieni alla finestra' - Thomas Allan
19. Act II, Scene One: Recitativo: 'V'e gente alla finestra' - Thomas Allan/John Rawnsley
20. Act II, Scene One: Aria: 'Meta di voi qua vadano' - Thomas Allan
21. Act II, Scene One: Recitativo: 'Zitto, lascia ch'io senta',Recitativo: 'Ahi! ahi! La testa m - Thomas Allan/John Rawnsley/Elizabeth Gale
22. Act II, Scene One: Aria: 'Vedrai, carino...' - Elizabeth Gale
23. Act II, Scene Two: Recitativo: 'Di molte faci il lume...' - Richard Van Allen/Maria Ewing
24. Act II, Scene Two:Seststto: 'Sola, sola in buio loco' - Maria Ewing/Richard Van Allen/Keith Lewis/Carol Vaness
25. Act II, Scene Two:' Ferma briccone, dove ten vai!' - Elizabeth Gale/John Rawnsley/Carol Vaness/Keith Lewis/Maria Ewing/Richard Van Allen
26. Act II, Scene Two: 'Mille torbidi pensieri' - Richard Van Allen/Carol Vaness/Elizabeth Gale/Maria Ewing/Keith Lewis/John Rawnsley
27. Act II, Scene Two: Recitativo: 'Dunque quello sei tu...' - Elizabeth Gale/Maria Ewing/Keith Lewis/John Rawnsley
28. Act II, Scene Two: Aria: 'Ah, pieta, signori miei!' - Richard Van Allen
29. Act II, Scene Two: Recitativo: 'Ferma, perfido, ferma!' - Maria Ewing/John Rawnsley/Elizabeth Gale/Keith Lewis
30. Act II, Scene Two: Aria: 'Il mio tesoro' - Keith Lewis

Tracks:

1. Act II, Scene Two: Recitativo: 'In quali eccessi...' - Maria Ewing
2. Act II, Scene Two: & Aria: 'Mi tradi quell'alma inqrata' - Maria Ewing
3. Act II, Scene Three:Scena: 'Ah,ah,ah, questa e buona...' - Thomas Allen/Richard Van Allen/ La Statua
4. Act II, Scene Three: Duetto: 'o statua gentitissima' - Richard Van Allen/Thomas Allen
5. Act II, Scene Four: Recitativo: 'Calmatevi, idol mio bene!' - Keith Lewis/Carol Vaness
6. Act II, Scene Four: Recitativo: Crudele? Ah no, min bene!'& Aria: 'Non mi dir' - Carol Vaness
7. Act II, Scene Four: 'Forse un giorno' - Carol Vaness
8. Act II, Scene Four: Recitativo: 'Ah si segua il suo passo' - Keith Lewis
9. Act II, Scene Five: Finale: Gia la mensa e preparata' - Thomas Allen/Richard Van Allen
10. Act II, Scene Five: 'L'ultima prova dell'amor mio','Che grido e questo mai?' - Maria Ewing/Thomas Allen/Richard Van Allen
11. Act II, Scene Five: 'Don Giovanni, a cenar teco' - La Statua/Thomas Allen/Richard Van Allen
12. Act II, Scene Five: 'Da qual tremore insolito' - Thomas Allen/Coco di Diavoli/Richard Van Allen
13. Act II, Scene Five: 'Epilogo: ' Ah, dov'e il perfido?' - Maria Ewing/Carol Vaness/Elizabeth Gale/Keith Lewis/John Rawnsley
14. Act II, Scene Five: 'Or che tutti, o mio tesoro' ,'Al desio di chi t'adoro','Resti dunque quel... - Keith Lewis/Carol Vaness/Maria Ewing/Elizabeth Gale/John Rawnsley/Richard Van Allen
15. Act II, Scene Five: 'Questo e il fin' - Tutti

Customer Reviews:

Yes, you will not like anything else after this one.......2006-09-09

I agree with one of the previous reviewers. Yes, you will not like anything else after this one! I do not own the album myself (since it is so hard to find or when you find it is extremely expensive) but I borrowed it from a friend once and listened to it enough to say that this is arguably the best Don Giovanni I have ever heard. You do not listen to any music here; you listen to THE story Mozart wanted to tell and this was made possible by Allen's incredible interpretation as well as the harmony of the rest of the cast. You might bring the best singers of the time together to sing an opera but to find the ones that harmonize this well is very rare...

Dark Modern Sounding Don Giovanni.......2005-10-24

This 90's recording is modern in that the voices are not traditional picks for the Don Giovanni cast. Thomas Allen is a British baritone who sang in Gilbert and Sullivan though this was not his only repertoire. Carol Vaness is a different breed of soprano- a modern lyrico-spinto with lyric vibrant tones but with enough dramatic heft in her voice to essay such juicy roles as Lady Macbeth, Puccini's Tosca and Verdi's Leonora in Trovatore. Maria Ewing, herself a dramatic soprano who has taken up roles such as Salome does a fine job with the melodramatic role of Dona Elvira. The sound is great and the orchestra under Haitink is superb. This recording should be in your list of great Don Giovannis on record. Among my favorite are Ruggero Raimondi/Jose Van Dam/Edda Moser/Kiri Te Kenawa and Ramey/Sintow/Battle as well as Dieskau/Jurinac. This one though is really something to admire.

Thomas Allen masters the role of Mozart's dark hero. As the Don, he is devil-may-care, elegant in his Italian phrasing and sinister. I think his Don is the most relaxed, when compared to Ruggero Raimondi's true despicable qualities or Samuel Ramey's similar style and lacks the heft and vigor or Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's Don. He is doing a terrific job though and Allen is perhaps the greatest interpretation of the Don along with Rodney Gilfry's. I love Carol Vaness' Dona Ana. She has enough flexibility to breeze through the coloratura parts and enough invenctive stentorian tones for the dramatic parts. Maria Ewing is a fine Dona Elvira, though she makes the role more fiery and less harlequin than most. The others are superb- especially Richard van Allen as the Commandatore whose voice is grave and frightening. I really enjoyed this recording and highly recommend it.

Cannot find anything close to this.......2005-04-02

I've been listening to many executions of Mozart's Don Giovanni, both recorded and live.
This CD however is absolutely outstanding. The performers are simply the best I've ever heard. On many other executions there always is someone whose voice is weak, but not on this.

The only risk is that after listening to it you won't like anything else.

Among the best.......2004-11-28

If a case could be made for Don Giovanni as a conductor's opera, then this recording does it; whatever the merits of the (very solid) cast, it is mainly due to Bernard Haitink and the LPO that the performance is able to stand comparison with the best available. Haitink's tempi are generally quick and sprightly, but the attention to detail is remarkable-listen to the woodwinds at the end of Zerlina's first aria as an example. He conveys the feeling that this is an opera to be enjoyed more than anything else, and he elicits unfailingly elegant, cultured playing from the LPO.

His cast may not be as luxurious as on some rival sets, but none of the singers fall below an acceptable standard, and all of them are dramatically committed. The two standouts are Thomas Allen, as the Don, and Carol Vaness, as Anna. Allen's voice is perfectly suited to the part (his serenade is very seductive), and his portrayal is unusually multifaceted. (He also has the best death scream). Vaness may not be as imaginative as the other singers in the cast, but she is vocally magnificent: the soft singing in the recitative before the vengeance duet is lovely, "Or sai chi l'onore" is both powerful and firm, and the coloratura at the end of "Non mi dir" is very agile. The rest of the cast ranges from very good (Richard Van Allan, Keith Lewis) to slightly disappointing (Maria Ewing and Elizabeth Gale are both rather hard-edged). Any reservations about the singing are completely swept aside by Haitink and his orchestra.

best modern don giovanni.......2004-04-10

This is a superb recording, in every way. The singers are excellent, in top form, and completely immersed in their roles. The voices are highly individual, in perfect balance with each other and the orchestra. The sound is warm, spacious, clear, with every detail present. However, the top honors should go to Haitink. Under his baton, the marvelous orchestra unfolds the drama with great sensitivity, precision and strength. Despite the relaxed tempi there is not a moment of slack. The whole performance carries sense of unity, rarely matched in other recordings. This set is at the very top of the huge Don Giovanni discography, together with Bohm's German version on RCA, Furtwangler's Salzburg 1953 (newly remastered on M&A), and few others.

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