Mozart: Il Re Pastore (complete opera)
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Mozart: Il Re Pastore (complete opera)
Sarah Fox, Ailish Tynan, John Mark Ainsley, Anna Devin & Benjamin Hulett / Classical Opera, Ian Page
[ Signum Classics / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 10 November 2015
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Classical Opera continue their recording cycle of the complete operas of Mozart with 'Il Re Pastore' - a youthful work that shines with the richness of its orchestration, its inexhaustible melodic inspiration and its dazzlingly ingenious score.
"the work can't help being beautiful, and it's performed with energy and spirit by Ian Page and his lively forces. The three sopranos, Sarah Fox (Aminta), Ailish Tynan (Elisa) and Anna Devin (Tamiri), vie with each other in graceful singing." (Sunday Times)
"The whole thing - which, for completists, includes an extended, concert version of Aer Tranquillo as an appendix - sounds poised and elegant under Ian Page's tasteful and slightly anonymous direction, with a neatly expressive orchestra and a strong cast headed by Sarah Fox's gleaming, supple-sounding Aminta and John Mark Ainsley's more self-consciously regal Alexander." (The Guardian)
"It is hard to imagine hearing another performance as convivial and life-affirming as this. The Orchestra of Classical Opera play supremely well...Page's unobtrusive pacing of the pastoral mini-drama and sage weighting of orchestrally accompanied recitatives pull the listener along gently." (Gramophone Editors Choice Nov 2015)
