MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (Complete Opera with full libretto)

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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (Complete Opera with full libretto)
Kiri te Kanawa, Lucia Popp, Frederica von Stade, Samuel Ramey, London Philharmonic. Georg Solti

[ Decca Records / 3 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Saturday 20 February 2010

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"Samuel Ramey, a firm-toned baritone, makes a virile Figaro, superbly matched to the most enchanting of Susannas on record, Lucia Popp."
*** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide

"Solti opts for a fair proportion of extreme speeds, slow as well as fast, but they rarely if ever intrude on the quintessential happiness of the entertainment. Samuel Ramey, a firm-toned baritone, makes a virile Figaro, superbly matched to the most enchanting of Susannas on record, Lucia Popp."
*** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide

"This is still the most recommendable modern recording of this masterpiece currently available: strongly characterised by the whole cast with tempi that seem just right. The glorious ensembles are given here with vivid theatricality. Arguably Te Kanawa has never been better than here, in a role perfectly suited to her. Popp provides the most delightfully intelligent, most lovable Susanna on record. Her duet with the Countess is ravishingly beautiful. Von Stade sings with such dramatic veracity that a teenaged Cherubino comes to life before you. Ramey presents a virile, attractive Figaro and Allen sings the Count with swagger and verve. Under Solti's compelling direction the orchestra drives the narrative from the famous overture right through to the redemptive, moving ending." (Keith Marbecks)