This album aims to portray Mozart's complexity, moving beyond the traditional 'purely Apollonian ideal' to include dramatic aspects of Baroque opera seria and Sturm und Drang.
Compositional Technique
Mozart's 'Così fan tutte' libretto includes intertextual references, echoing a line from Virgil and linking to the tradition of 'aria di paragone' (comparison aria).
Composition History
The program begins and ends with arias written for Anna 'Nancy' Storace, a famous London soprano who created the role of Susanna in Mozart's 'Le nozze di Figaro'.
Interpretation
The tempi for the 'Haffner' Symphony are inspired by metronome markings suggested by Johann Nepomuk Hummel, a pupil of Mozart, in his 1824 transcription.
Composition History
The moving scena con rondò 'Ch'io mi scordi di te - Non temer, amato bene' was composed by Mozart for himself and Nancy Storace, and they performed it together at her farewell to the Viennese stage.
Compositional Technique
Mozart's extraordinary inventiveness in orchestral parts is highlighted by the solo basset clarinet in 'Ecco il punto, o Vitellia - Non più di fiori' from 'La clemenza di Tito'.
Interpretation
The performers, Anna Prohaska, Riccardo Minasi, and Ensemble Resonanz, combine rigorous research into period sources and instruments with fresh interpretive perspectives.
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