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Reviews (28)


The telegraph

d. 4. Aug. 2015

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Rupert Christiansen

d. 4. Aug. 2015

"The casting is largely excellent. Diana Damrau makes an imperious Konstanze ... Schweinester is as bright as a button as Pedrillo, leaving Rolando Villazón as the only significant drawback ... What lifts the recording into the top league is undoubtedly the quality of Yannick Nézet-Séguin's conducting. From the first bars of the playful overture, he captures all the score's bravado and energy".


The guardian

d. 15. Oct. 2015

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Andrew Clements (musikanmelder)

d. 15. Oct. 2015

"Much of the performance has the energy and vivaciousness that is typical of Jacobs' best work as a conductor ... There are outstanding performances from Maxmilian Schmitt as a heroic-sounding Belmonte, Dimitry Ivashchenko as an imposing Osmin, nicely balanced between threat and humour, and Julian Prégardien as an exuberant Pedrillo ... The whole set does sound like real music theatre".


Classics today

2015

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Robert Levine (musikanmelder)

2015

"Nobody can accuse René Jacobs of following the status quo ... There are stage sounds (whips cracking and birds singing) ... Great prominence is given to the fortepiano, which comments on the action and improvises and/or uses tunes from other works by Mozart ... Robin Johannsen sings Konstanze, and her lovely, pristine voice is a pleasure to behold ... The playing of the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin is brilliant".


MusicWeb international

2015 November

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Simon Thompson (musikanmelder)

2015 November

"So, almost despite myself, it's two thumbs up for this release. The successes outweigh the failures, and it allows Jacobs' series to go out on a real high".


Kristeligt dagblad

d. 4. Dec. 2013

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Peter Dürrfeld

d. 4. Dec. 2013

"I den måske bedste indspilning af operaen nogensinde er det Edita Gruberová, der som Konstanze viser en strubens smidighed, der mildest talt er forbløffende ... Kathleen Battle er ikke overraskende sødmefuld i soubrette-rollen som Blonde, mens den svenske tenor Gösta Winbergh er en ideel Belmonte ... Men i musikalsk forstand er de sande helte Wiener philharmonikerne, der under ledelse af sir Georg Solti ... spiller formidabelt".


Kristeligt dagblad

d. 2. Sep. 2015

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Peter Dürrfeld

d. 2. Sep. 2015

"En nyindspilning fra DGG ... er i mange passager den mest livfulde, jeg har hørt, veloplagt og vittig. Den har to glimrende sopraner i rollerne som Konstanze (Diana Damrau) og Blonde (Anna Prohaska) ... og Franz-Josef Selig ... synger med flot stemmepragt og humoristisk overskud ... Kort sagt en pragtindspilning, hvis det ikke havde været for den mexicanske tenor Rolando Villazón i helterollen ... Han synger mildest talt ikke stilrent".


Politiken

d. 22. Sep. 2015

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Thomas Michelsen

d. 22. Sep. 2015

"Boksen er stjernespækket, men der sidder en grim knast midt i mahognibordet. For mellem præstationer som Diana Damraus flamboyante Konstanze og Paul Schweinesters virkelig fornemme Pedrillo har Deutsche Grammophon valgt at holde fast i det sørgelige ringvrag Rolando Villazón. Tenoren har mistet sin højde, og det er svært at kende den engang så fyrige middelhavsfarvede stemme".


Jyllands-posten

d. 25. Apr. 2006

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John Christiansen

d. 25. Apr. 2006


Jyllands-posten

d. 16. Aug. 2005

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d. 16. Aug. 2005


Jyllands-posten

d. 11. June 2003

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Operabladet Ascolta

(2006) 24. årgang nr. 5

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Henrik Marcussen

(2006) 24. årgang nr. 5


Operabladet Ascolta

(2015) 34. årgang nr. 2

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Henrik Marcussen

(2015) 34. årgang nr. 2

"Den fransk-canadiske dirigent Nézet-Séguins Mozart-projekt ... er nu nået til den tredje i rækken af syv operaer ... Ud over sin faste dirigent har projektet som faste støttepunkter en koncertopførelse, der finder sted i Baden-Baden, tenoren Rolando Villazón i et hovedparti samt de bedste Mozart-sangere. Niveauet i denne mønstergyldige opførelse er det samme høje som på de foregående ... Man kan næppe forestille sig et bedre sangerhold, der tilmed sprudler af intelligens of spillemæssig charme".


Diapason

2015 septembre

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Jean-Philippe Grosperrin

2015 septembre


Klassisk

2016, nr. 40

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Steen Chr. Steensen

2016, nr. 40

"Han er en ren troldmand, den canadiske dirigent Yannick Nézet-Séguin, når det gælder Mozart ... Tryllerierne ligger ikke bare i det effektfulde orkesterspil med fart og tempo lige fra første tone ... De gennemsyrer det hele ... Sangerholdet er spændende med Rolando Villazón selv i spidsen ... Stjernestunder er der mange af ... Det hele er præget af overskud".


BBC music magazine

2015 October

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Anthony Pryer

2015 October

"There is some passionate singing here, as well as sparkling instrumental detail ... The cast is of a very high standard, though Villazón, despite being superbly lyrical, can lack a certain pliant tenderness ... Damrau is at her very best in the defiant aria 'Marten aller Arten' ... Also, we get some very effective singing from Anna Prohaska as Blonde who reaches her high E in 'Durch Zärtlichkeit' with aplomb".


BBC music magazine

2016 January

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Hilary Finch

2016 January

"Here's another Mozart Singspiel recreated as an audio-drama, with both René Jacobs's intensely musical direction, orchestral playing tingling with character and detail ... Dimitry Ivashchenko`s Osmin is a true basso profundo, always droll but never overdone. Julian Pregardien's Pedrillo is delightfully whimsical, and delectably phrased ... In Mari Eriksmoen he has a bright eyed and feisty Blonde, spinning the finest lines of embellishment and ornamentation ... A classic Jacobs taken on Mozartian Singspiel, imaginative and user-friendly throughout".


Diapason

2015 novembre

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Jean-Philippe Grosperrin

2015 novembre


High fidelity

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Jyllands-posten

d. 25. May 1999

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d. 25. May 1999


Politiken

d. 4. May 1999

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d. 4. May 1999


Weekendavisen

d. 16. Apr. 1999

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d. 16. Apr. 1999


Operabladet Ascolta

(1999) 17. årgang nr. 7

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(1999) 17. årgang nr. 7


Operabladet Ascolta

(1999) 17. årgang nr. 5

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(1999) 17. årgang nr. 5


The gramophone

2015 August

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Richard Lawrence

2015 August

"Once again, Nézet-Séguin shows how good he is in Mozart. His speeds are well judged, never too fast for the singers to articulate clearly. And he has the knack of bringing out detail without sounding fussy ... In his first German role, Villazón sounds assured, both in speech and song ... Blonde presents many challenges, and Prohaska meets them all".


Fono Forum

2015 September

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Julia Spinola

2015 September

"Ein idealer Mozart-Tenor is Rolando Villazón nicht ... Diana Damrau leuchtet die Zerrissenheit der Konstanze mit ihrem flutenden Soprantimbre bis in die feinsten Koloraturen-Verästelungen psykologisch subtil aus ... Phänomenal transparent, trennshcarf und zugleich sinnenprall musiziert das Chamber Orchestra of Europe".


Politiken

d. 11. June 2000

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Jyllands-posten

d. 28. Aug. 2000

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The gramophone

2015 October

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Tim Ashley

2015 October

"For all its insights, it doesn't ultimately quite have the cogency of the classic versions by Jochum ... krips og Harnoncourt".



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