Emma Kirkby: Laudate Dominum | Mozart & Christopher Hogwood

Pure perfection: 1993 recording with Academy of Ancient Music with the Winchester Cathedral Choir conducted by Christopher Hogwood.

I love how Christopher Hogwood is subdued here... but compare this version with Laudate Dominum by Lucia Popp and tell me what do you think?

Mozart's for Beginners Part 2

Mozart's music in this part:

1. The Magic Flute - Bernard Haitink/Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
2. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
3. Symphony No. 5 - Trevor Pinnock/The English Concert
4. Piano Concerto No. 23 - Christoph Eschenbach/London Philharmonic

Mozart's for Beginners Part 1.

I do not know is there a God but if she existed Mozart would've been her most favorite son. His music is simple beyond this world.

In this video:
1. Jupiter Symphony - Levine/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
2. Piano Concerto No. 20 - Bilson/Gardiner/English Baroque Soloists
3. The Abduction at the Seraglio - Gardiner/Monteverdi Choir
4. Symphony 40 in G Minor - Maazel/New York Philharmonic
5. Piano Sonata K.545 - Jean Bernard Pommier
6. Requiem in D Minor - Philippe
Here you can hear Mozart's Queen of the Night by Lucia Popp

 

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Ah, chi mi dice mai - Don Giovanni

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf sings the Donna Elvira's first aria: "Ah, chi mi dice mai" from "Don Giovanni" by Mozart. Great Tito Gobbi sings Don Giovanni!

Matti Salminen: "In diesen heilg'en Hallen" | "The magic flute" by Mozart

Watch, listen and enjoy Matti Salminen rendition of the "In diesen heilg'en Hallen" from "The magic flute" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Matti's a very large man with an enormous voice and an expressive face. According to one reviewer, in his prime Salminen was "... simply the largest bass voice in captivity. It is not just its roar in powering over Wagner's maximum orchestra, but the way he carves the sonority and forms the color."

  

Role : Sarastro, high priest of Isis and Osiris

Voice Part : bass   Fach : heavy bass

Setting : Pamina's room

Range : F#/Gb2 to C#/Db4. Tessitura : B3 to C#/Db4

Synopsis : After Pamina pleads with Sarastro to have mercy on her scheming mother, Sarastro sings of the ideals of his Brotherhood.

English Translation:

Within these hallowed halls
One knows not revenge.
And should a person have fallen,
Love will guide him to duty.
Then wanders he on the hand of a friend
Cheerful and happy into a better land.
Within these hallowed walls,
Where human loves the human,
No traitor can lurk,
Because one forgives the enemy.
Whomever these lessons do not please,
Deserves not to be a human being. 

Don Giovanni by Mozart | Quartet "Non Ti Fidar"

Carlo - Maria Giulini; The Don - Eberhard Wachter; Anna - Joan Sutherland; Elvira - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

Lucia Popp & Gundula Janowitz: "Sull' aria" from "Le Nozze di Figaro"

Two amazing voices blending perfectly! Lucia Popp and Gundula Janowitz in "Le Nozze di Figaro" conducted by Georg Solti at Paris Opera Garnier in 1980.
The very famous stage production by Giorgio Strelher.

This is one of favourite Mozart's Opera Arias. The most beautiful tunes! Such a simple, crystal clean melody but magnificent! This is like two angels sing...

Lucia Popp: Laudate Dominum (Mozart) (Lyrics) (Translation)

I cannot help myself - Mozart's Laudate Dominum is, for my ear, my heart and my taste an absolute perfection. This version is a tad too slow for my taste but, gosh, Lucia Popp's  voice feels like an angel came from heavens to sing it for us...

Recorded in London, 1967 with Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra under Georg Fischer (who, incidentally, was Lucia's first husband)

Laudate Dominum Lyrics
Laudate Dominum omnes gentes;Laudate eum, omnes populi.Quoniam confirmata estSuper nos misericordia ejus,Et veritas Domini manet in aeternum. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto.Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper.Et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Laudate Dominum English Translation


Praise the Lord, all nations;
Praise Him, all people.
For He has bestowed
His mercy upon us,
And the truth of the Lord endures forever.

Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and forever,
and for generations of generations.
Amen.

Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Vespers & Litanies

Should you wish to check out Victoria de los Angeles Laudate Dominum, just follow the link.

When I think about it, what about Emma Kirkby's Laudate Dominum?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 25 in G minor

Remember the opening music in Miloš Forman's brilliant biopic movie "Amadeus"?

That's the Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183/173dB that Mozart wrote only two days (!!) after the completion of his Symphony No. 24 (not real historical confirmation source available but this certainly sounds like something Mozart was capable of doing).

Enjoy his divine piece of music:

A great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart biography could be find if you click here.