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Composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Artist(s):
Gundula Janowitz
Luciano Pavarotti

Conductor:
John Pritchard

Background: Mozart is very much Glyndebourne’s signature composer and as a point of fact Glyndebourne was instrumental in putting Mozart back into the repertoire in the UK, so much so that the performing edition of Idomeneo was commissioned by Glyndebourne’s music director Fritz Busch.

Glyndebourne’s 1951 Messel production of Mozart’s Idomeneo was the first professional performance in Great Britain. This 1964 recording is from the last staging of the Messel production and an opera John Pritchard had conducted at Glyndebourne since 1952. Pritchard was a consummate Mozartian and this recording allows, for the first time, Janowitz and Pavarotti to be heard before their respective international careers took off.

Their vocal timbres are instantly recognisable - fresh, vital, flexible and already burgeoning with a distinctive projection of the text and drama.

Pavarotti went on to have a long association with this opera, moving to the title role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and recording it in the early digital age of 1983 with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted once again by Pritchard.

Richard Lewis as Idomeneo in the recording has a gracious sense of style and carries the day.

In the past (10+ years ago) there have been pirated/bootlegged releases of this production taken from a BBC off air recording. This release is from Glyndebourne’s own archive and is NOT the previously available BBC performance.

CATALOGUE NR: GFOCD00664
RECORD LABEL: Glyndebourne
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 22.99
RELEASE DATE: 29-Mar-2010

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: Idomeneo - complete
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: John Pritchard
ARTISTS: Gundula Janowitz   Luciano Pavarotti   Ramsey Lewis   Enriqueta Tarres

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1964 and taken from the Glyndebourne archive

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