This month's release of Eloquence titles reintroduces to the catalogue István Kertész's outstanding recordings of Mozart for Decca made in the 1960s and 1970s in Vienna.

Catalogue Number:
 476 7401
Barcode:
 0028947674016
Label:
 Decca CD
Release date:
12 June

ARTISTS
Wiener Philharmoniker
István Kertész

TRACKLISTING
Symphony No. 25 in G minor, KV 183
Symphony No. 29 in A major, KV 201
Symphony No. 35 in D major, KV 385 'Haffner'

Elegantly-turned performances of these symphonies with Kertész revelling in the romantic ethos these works point to. The recordings are rich, warm and beautifully balanced.

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Catalogue Number:
 476 7402
Barcode:
 0028947674023
Label:
 Decca CD
Release date:
12 June

ARTISTS
Wiener Philharmoniker
István Kertész

TRACKLISTING
Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, KV 319
Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, KV 543
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV 550

Robust and red-blooded performances of the later symphonies here, pointing unashamedly to the Romantic era. The opening of No. 39 especially has few rivals in terms of intensity and the way Kertész balances light and shade.

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Catalogue Number:
 476 7403
Barcode:
 0028947674030
Label:
 Decca CD
Release date:
12 June

ARTISTS
Wiener Philharmoniker
István Kertész

TRACKLISTING
Symphony No. 36 in C major, KV 425 'Linz'
March No. 1 in C major, KV 408
Serenade in G major, KV 525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'
La Clemenza di Tito - Overture
Idomeneo - Overture
Così fan tutte - Overture
Le Nozze di Figaro - Overture
Die Zauberflöte - Overture          

This collection brings together a miscellany of orchestral works. In addition to the symphony, there's Mozart's most popular Serenade - Eine kleine Nachtmusik - in a gloriously cushioned performance, plus five overtures. Four of these are lifted from the double-LP set Mozart Opera Festival, while that for Clemenza comes from the complete opera set.
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Catalogue Number:
 476 7437
Barcode:
 0028947674375
Label:
 Decca CD
Release date:

12 June

ARTISTS
Lucia Popp, soprano
Brigitte Fassbaender, mezzo-soprano
Werner Krenn, tenor
Tom Krause, baritone
Manfred Jungwirth, bass
Wiener Haydn-Orchester
István Kertész

TRACKLISTING
Le Nozze di Figaro
Cosa sento! tosto andate
Non più andrai
Voi che sapete
Crudel! perchè finora farmi languir così?
Giuse alfin il momento ... Deh vieni, non tardar

Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Konstanze, dich wiederzusehen, dich! ... O wie ängstlich, o wie feurig
Vivat Bacchus! Bacchus lebe!
In Mohrenland gefangen war
O, wie will ich triumphieren

Die Zauberflöte
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja
Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön
Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen

Zaide
Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben

Così fan tutte
Soave sia il vento
Un'aura amorosa
Il cor vi dono

Il re pastore
L'amerò, sarò costante

Don Giovanni
Là ci darem la mano
Finch'han dal vino

In 1971, István Kertész went into the studio with an array of opera singers he enjoyed performing with to make a recording of arias, duets and ensembles from Mozart's most popular operas. The results, in terms of characterisation and energy, are in a class of their own, and what's more, the stellar singers blend together wonderfully in the ensemble pieces. The collection appeared on a double-LP set entitled Mozart Opera Festival , together with a collection of Overtures. This is the first time the entire collection of vocal items is issued on a single CD , in the original sequence. The Overtures (for reasons of timing) are now collected on Decca Eloquence 476 7403.

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Catalogue Number:
 476 7104
Barcode:
 0028947671046
Label:
 Decca CD
Release date:
12 June

ARTISTS
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Charles Dutoit

TRACKLISTING
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
DVORÁK: Slavonic Rhapsody, Op. 45 No. 3
ALFVÉN: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19 'Midsommarvaka' (Midsummer Vigil)
ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 11
GLAZUNOV: Rhapsodie orientale, Op. 29

Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony bring a fantastic array of colour as well as subtlety to these marvellous Rhapsodies. With an array of countries represented - the Rhapsodies largely paying tribute to indigenous music - the cover illustration highlights these associations.
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