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Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ann Murray
Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro
Genre: Classical
 
  •  Track Listings (22) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (21) - Disc #2
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Ralph O. Padgug | 07/16/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)

"I've heard many versions of Le nozze, but I didn't, like the first two reviews, find this recording bad at all. In fact, a good case can be made of it being Harnoncourt's best recording of a Da Ponte opera. The two leads, Scharinger and Bonney, are excellent, Margiono is a fine Countess, while Hampson makes a strong Count. I used to live on Giulini's and Davis's recording, but Harnoncourt does add something extra (his control of orchestral color, albeit a period one, is exemplary), and here he doesn't seem peverse enough to sacrifice enjoyment of the opera.I find myself listening much more to the sound of the Concertgebouw as much as I do the singers. Some arias are more illuminating here than elsewhere (Figaro's aprite un po for instance). Even if this is not a traditional recommendation, admirers of Harnoncourt should find much here to savor. Non-admirers should keep a wide berth; to be fair not because Harnoncourt did not do Mozart justice, but because he illuminates other aspects of the opera."