Search - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Wildner, Joanna Borowska :: Mozart: Così fan tutte / Borowska, Yachmi, Coles, Martin, Dickie, Mikulas

Good Bang for the Bucks

05/01/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This complete performance of Cosi is one of my favorites and bears repeated listening. The conductor rushes the overture but soon settles down to a well shaped performance. The orchestra, while not totally top drawer plays nicely and gives the listener no regrets. Boroska is fine Fiordigli,elegant and vunerable; the mezzo slightly ungainly but with a nice dramatic sense and a fine sound to her voice. The men are well taken. The real star is Priti Coles, a Despina who ranks with the best. At under 20.00 this is a fine set for the person who is just starting, wants an alternative to the better known sets or indeed wants just one."

Not a good recording

Liesha | 12/12/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Don't be tempted by the low price- this is not a good

recording of mozart's charming opera.

The conducter and orchestra are second-rate, and the cast

is uneven.

Joanna Borowska (fiordeligi) Priti coles (despina) and Peter

Mikulas (alfonso) are quite good if not great, Andreas

Martin is only mediocre. Rohangiz Yachmi (dorabella) has

a strange mezzo-soprano and John Dickie is probably the

worst ferando in the discography.

If you're looking for a budget-price recording of "cosi"

there are much better versions- the Karl Bohm (on decca), De-Billy ( arte-nova) or Kuijken (brillant classics)"