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Die Schuldigkeit Des Ersten Gebot
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Orchestra of Classical Opera

Die Schuldigkeit Des Ersten Gebot

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212034323
Catnr: SIGCD 343
Release date: 30 September 2013
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212034323
Catalogue number
SIGCD 343
Release date
30 September 2013
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About the album

This album presents Mozart’s remarkable sacred singspiel Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, composed when he was just eleven. The music is full of tender beauty, dynamism and descriptive flair, and the young composer’s innate sense of understanding and sympathy for the human condition already shines through.

The story follows the efforts of The Spirit of Christianity (Andrew Kennedy) – aided by Divine Justice (Cora Burggraaf ) and Divine Mercy (Sarah Fox) – to win back the heart of a Lapsed Christian (Allan Clayton) as he lies fast asleep. In opposition to this however stands The Spirit of Worldliness (Sophie Bevan), who urges the Christian to forget what The Spirit shows him and to follow her pleasure-seeking philosophies. As Justice and Mercy withdraw to observe, The Spirit of Christianity seeks to win back the lapsed Christian, but will this lost soul be able to resist the temptations of indulgence and short-term satisfaction that Worldliness offers?

Mozarts religieuze singspiel uitgevoerd door geweldig orkest
Dit album bevat Mozarts opmerkelijke heilige singspiel Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, gecomponeerd toen hij nog maar elf jaar oud was. De muziek zit vol tedere schoonheid, dynamiek en flair. Mozarts aangeboren gevoel van begrip en sympathie voor de menselijke toestand komt in deze werken duidelijk naar voren.

Het verhaal volgt de inspanningen van De Geest van het Christendom (Andrew Kennedy) – geholpen door de Goddelijke Gerechtigheid (Cora Burggraaf) en Goddelijke Genade (Sarah Fox) – om het hart van een Afvallige Christen (Allan Clayton) terug te winnen als hij in slaap valt. Hiertegenover staat De Geest van de Wereldlijkheid (Sophie Bevan), die de christen aanspoort om te vergeten wat de Geest van het Christendom hem laat zien en om haar genotzuchtige filosofieën te volgen. Terwijl Justitie en Genade samen op de uitkijk staan, probeert de Geest van het Christendom de Afvallige Christen terug te winnen. Zal deze verloren ziel echter in staat zijn om de verleidingen van het genot die de wereldlijkheid biedt te weerstaan?

The Orchestra of Classical Opera werd opgericht in 1997 en is één van de belangrijkste vertolkers van de muziek van Mozart en zijn tijdgenoten. Het orkest, dat wordt geleid door oprichter en dirigent Ian Page, treedt overal ter wereld op en wordt hooggewaardeerd voor haar kwaliteitsopnames en uitvoeringen in de concertzaal, voor haar uitstekende programmering en de begeleiding van jonge talentvolle musici.

Dit album is een bewijsstuk van de hoge kwaliteit van het orkest: Een prachtige compositie van de geniale Mozart, uitgevoerd door een geweldig ensemble.

Artist(s)

Ian Page (conductor)

Ian Page (conductor) is the founder, conductor and artistic director of Classical Opera, and is emerging as one of the leading British conductors of his generation. He began his musical education as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, and studied English Literature at the University of York before completing his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. At the start of his career he worked on the music staff at Scottish Opera, Opera Factory, Glyndebourne and the Drottningholm Slottsteater in Sweden, working with such conductors as Sir Alexander Gibson, Nicholas McGegan, Mark Wigglesworth, Ivor Bolton and Sir Charles Mackerras. With Classical Opera he has conducted most of Mozart’s early operas, including the world première of the ‘original’ version of Mitridate,...
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Ian Page (conductor) is the founder, conductor and artistic director of Classical Opera, and is emerging as one of the leading British conductors of his generation. He began his musical education as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, and studied English Literature at the University of York before completing his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. At the start of his career he worked on the music staff at Scottish Opera, Opera Factory, Glyndebourne and the Drottningholm Slottsteater in Sweden, working with such conductors as Sir Alexander Gibson, Nicholas McGegan, Mark Wigglesworth, Ivor Bolton and Sir Charles Mackerras.

With Classical Opera he has conducted most of Mozart’s early operas, including the world première of the ‘original’ version of Mitridate, re di Ponto and a new completion of Zaide, as well as Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte and La clemenza di Tito. He has also conducted the UK premières of Gluck’s La clemenza di Tito, Telemann’s Orpheus and Jommelli’s Il Vologeso, as well as the first new staging for 250 years of Johann Christian Bach’s Adriano in Siria. In 2009 he made his Royal Opera House début conducting Arne’s Artaxerxes at the Linbury Studio Theatre, and his studio recording of the work was released in 2011 on Linn Records.

He devised and conducted Classical Opera’s recordings of ‘The A-Z of Mozart Opera’ (Signum Classics) and ‘Blessed Spirit – a Gluck retrospective’ (Wigmore Hall Live), both of which were selected for Gramophone magazine’s annual Critic’s Choice, and he recently embarked on an acclaimed new complete cycle of Mozart opera recordings with Classical Opera. He has also created and devised MOZART 250, Classical Opera’s ambitious 27-year journey through Mozart’s music and influences, which was launched in London in 2015.


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Composer(s)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose actual name is Joannes Chrysotomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a composer, pianist, violinist and conductor from the classical period, born in Salzburg. Mozart was a child prodigy. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. Along with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven, Mozart is considered to be one of the most influential composers of all of music's history. Within the classical tradition, he was able to develop new musical concepts which left an everlasting impression on all the composers that came after him. Together with Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven he is part of the First Viennese School.  At 17, Mozart was engaged as...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose actual name is Joannes Chrysotomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a composer, pianist, violinist and conductor from the classical period, born in Salzburg. Mozart was a child prodigy. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. Along with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven, Mozart is considered to be one of the most influential composers of all of music's history. Within the classical tradition, he was able to develop new musical concepts which left an everlasting impression on all the composers that came after him. Together with Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven he is part of the First Viennese School. At 17, Mozart was engaged as a musician at the Salzburg court, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position. From 1763 he traveled with his family through all of Europe for three years and from 1769 he traveled to Italy and France with his father Leopold after which he took residence in Paris. On July 3rd, 1778, his mother passed away and after a short stay in Munich with the Weber family, his father urged him to return to Salzburg, where he was once again hired by the Bishop. While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He chose to stay in the capital, where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years in Vienna, he composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and operas, and portions of the Requiem, which was largely unfinished at the time of his death.


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Disc #1
01.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: Sinfonia
03:20
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
02.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: Recitative, “Die löblich’ und gerechte Bitte” (Gerechtigkeit, Christgeist, Barmherzigkeit)
06:05
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
03.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: No. 1, Aria, “Mit Jammer muß ich schauen” (Christgeist)
06:14
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
04.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: Recitative, “So vieler Seelen Fall” (Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit)
02:20
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
05.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: No. 2, Aria, “Ein ergrimmter Löwe brüllet” (Barmherzigkeit)
00:18
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
06.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: Recitative, “Was glaubst du” (Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit, Christgeist)
07:14
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
07.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: Accompanied recitative, “Wenn aus so vieler Tausend Mund” (Christgeist, Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit)
09:37
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
08.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: No. 3, Aria, “Erwache, fauler Knecht” (Gerechtigkeit)
07:37
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
09.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: Recitative, “Er reget sich” (Christgeist, Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit)
00:19
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
10.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: Accompanied recitative, “Wie, wer erwecket mich?” (Der Christ, Weltgeist, Christgeist)
03:57
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
11.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: No. 4, Aria, “Hat der Schöpfer dieses Leben” (Weltgeist)
07:15
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
12.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: Accompanied recitative, “Daß Träume Träume sind” (Der Christ)
01:28
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
13.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: No. 5, Aria, “Jener Donnerworte Kraft” (Der Christ)
09:38
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

Disc #2
01.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: Recitative, “Ist dieses, o so zweifle nimmermehr” (Weltgeist, Der Christ, Christgeist)
01:43
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
02.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: No. 6, Aria, “Schildre einen Philosophen” (Weltgeist)
04:06
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
03.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: Recitative, “Wen hör’ ich nun hier” (Weltgeist, Der Christ, Christgeist)
02:26
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
04.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: No.7, Aria, “Manches Übel will zuweilen” (Christgeist)
09:36
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
05.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: Recitative, “Er hält mich einem Kranken gleich” (Der Christ, Christgeist, Weltgeist)
02:26
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
06.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: Recitative, “Hast du nunmehr erfahren” (Barmherzigkeit, Christgeist, Gerechtigkeit)
01:12
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
07.
Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebots, K. 35: No. 8, Trio, “Laßt mir eurer Gnade Schein” (Christgeist, Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit)
09:37
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
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