Description

Mozart — Mitridate, re di Ponto KV 87 (Fischer), Dacapo (SACD)

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Product Details:

Product Type: Hybrid SACD box set (opera)
Brand / Label: Dacapo
Composer: W.A. Mozart
Work: Mitridate, re di Ponto, KV 87 (79) — dramma per musica in three acts (libretto by Vittorio Amadeo Cigna-Santi)
Catalogue No.: 6.220580-82
UPC: 747313158065
Genre: Classical / Opera

Product Features

Format: SACD set (Multi-channel / Stereo, Super Audio CD)
Conductor: Adam Fischer — Danish Radio Sinfonietta, Vocal Group Ars Nova
Recitative reductions by Richard Lewis (also harpsichord); French horn solo: Thomas Kjelldén
Condition: Brand new, factory sealed

Overview

Mitridate, re di Ponto is astonishing for one reason above all: Mozart wrote it at fourteen. His first full opera seria, premiered in Milan in 1770, it's already full of demanding, beautiful arias and a sure dramatic hand. This Dacapo recording, in high-resolution SACD sound, makes a strong case for it as more than a curiosity.

Adam Fischer leads the Danish Radio Sinfonietta with a fine international cast — Mathias Zachariassen in the title role, Henriette Bonde-Hansen, Maria Fontosh, Kristina Hammarström — through the story of the Pontic king and his sons' rivalries. The singing is agile and the period-aware playing crisp.

For Mozart enthusiasts and opera collectors, it's a rewarding account of a remarkable teenage achievement, beautifully recorded.

Interesting Facts

Mozart composed Mitridate, re di Ponto at the age of fourteen; it premiered in Milan in 1770.
It was his first opera seria and a notable early success.
The libretto is based on Racine's tragedy "Mithridate," via Cigna-Santi's Italian text.
This recording is in multi-channel Super Audio CD (SACD) sound, conducted by Adam Fischer.
Recitative reductions for the recording were prepared by harpsichordist Richard Lewis.

Track Listing

Mitridate, re di Ponto, KV 87 (79) — complete opera (SACD set). Cast: Mathias Zachariassen (Mitridate), Henriette Bonde-Hansen (Aspasia), Maria Fontosh (Sifare), Kristina Hammarström (Farnace), Lisa Larsson (Ismene), Sine Bundgaard (Arbate), Anders J. Dahlin (Marzio). Vocal Group Ars Nova; Danish Radio Sinfonietta; Adam Fischer, conductor.