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Il sogno di Scipione
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Classical Opera

Il sogno di Scipione

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212049921
Catnr: SIGCD 499
Release date: 06 October 2017
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212049921
Catalogue number
SIGCD 499
Release date
06 October 2017

"Stuart Jackson may sometimes stay behind in the title role with the ladies Mafi and Ek, his interpretation is like a house. The orchestra shows involvement and character. Conductor Ian Page impresses musically and stylistically as well as with his readable explanation in the booklet."

De Gelderlander, 06-12-2017
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Classical Opera continue their complete Mozart opera recording series with the one-act dramatic serenade Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126. Composed in 1771 as a celebratory homage to Prince Archbishop Sigismund Schrattenbach of Salzburg, the Archbishop died before the piece could be performed. In the spring of 1772 Mozart amended the work so that it could be used in honour of Schrattenbach’s successor, Hieronymus Colloredo – the only necessary change was to alter the name of the dedicatee in the final recitative.

The story of Scipio’s Dream takes place in c.148 BC, while the celebrated Roman general is a guest in the palace of his ally Massinissa, King of Numidia (in modern day Tunisia). As Scipio falls into a deep sleep, he dreams that the allegorical figures of Fortuna (Fortune) and Costanza (Constancy) appear to him in Elysium and demand that he should choose one of them to follow for the rest of his days.

Mozarts Il Sogno di Scipione uitgevoerd door internationaal gerenommeerd historisch ensemble
Classical opera zet zijn serie met opnames van alle opera’s van Mozart voort met de dramatische serenade Il sogno di Scipione K. 126. Het werk werd in 1711 gecomponeerd als een feestelijk eerbetoon aan Prins Aartsbisschop Sigismund Schrattenbach van Salzburg. De Aartsbisschop overleed echter voor het stuk kon worden uitgevoerd. In het voorjaar van 1772 paste Mozart het werk aan, zodat het gebruikt kon worden ter ere van Schrattenbachs opvolger, Hieronymus Colloredo – de enige noodzakelijke verandering was het veranderen van de naam van de opdrachtgever in het laatste recitatief.

Het verhaal van Il sogno di Scipione vindt plaats in ongeveer 148 voor Christus, op het moment dat de gevierde Romeinse generaal te gast is in het paleis van zijn bondgenoot Massinissa, Koning van Numidië (tegenwoordig Tunesië). Terwijl Scipio in een diepe slaap valt, droomt hij dat de allegorische figuren Fortuna (Geluk) en Constanza (Standvastigheid) voor hem verschijnen in Elysium. Zij eisen dat hij een van hen moet kiezen, die hem de rest van zijn dagen zal blijven volgen.

Het bijgeleverde boekje bevat de volledige Italiaanse tekst en een Engelse vertaling.

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Classical Opera

Classical Opera was founded in 1997 by conductor Ian Page to explore the works of Mozart and his contemporaries, and has emerged as one of the leading exponents in its eld. In 2017 it launched a new brand, The Mozartists, enabling it to broaden its ever-expanding concert work while continuing to present recordings and performances of complete operas under the name of Classical Opera. With its own acclaimed period-instrument orchestra, the company has attracted widespread critical and public recognition, not only for the high quality of its performances but also for its imaginative programming and its ability to discover and nurture outstanding young singers. In 2015 it launched MOZART 250, a ground-breaking 27-year project following the chronological trajectory of Mozart’s...
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Classical Opera was founded in 1997 by conductor Ian Page to explore the works of Mozart and his contemporaries, and has emerged as one of the leading exponents in its eld. In 2017 it launched a new brand, The Mozartists, enabling it to broaden its ever-expanding concert work while continuing to present recordings and performances of complete operas under the name of Classical Opera. With its own acclaimed period-instrument orchestra, the company has attracted widespread critical and public recognition, not only for the high quality of its performances but also for its imaginative programming and its ability to discover and nurture outstanding young singers. In 2015 it launched MOZART 250, a ground-breaking 27-year project following the chronological trajectory of Mozart’s life, works and in uences.

Classical Opera has performed regularly at many of London and the UK’s leading venues, including Wigmore Hall, the Barbican, Sadler’s Wells, Birmingham Town Hall and Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, and on tour in Italy, France, Germany and Austria, where it enjoyed a three-concert residency at the 2016 Eisenstadt Haydn Festival. It has mounted staged productions of many of Mozart’s operas, and in 2009 presented The Royal Opera’s new production of Thomas Arne’s Artaxerxes. It has also given the world première of the ‘original’ version of Mozart’s Mitridate, re di Ponto, and the UK premières of Gluck’s La clemenza di Tito, Telemann’s Orpheus and Jommelli’s Il Vologeso.

Classical Opera’s first two recordings – ‘The A-Z of Mozart Opera’ (Sony BMG, 2007, re-released on Signum Classics, 2014) and ‘Blessed Spirit – a Gluck retrospective’ (Wigmore Hall Live, 2010) – were both selected for Gramophone magazine’s annual Critic’s Choice. In May 2016 the company released ‘Where’er You Walk’, with tenor Allan Clayton, which was shortlisted for the 2017 International Opera Awards, and this was followed in May 2017 by The Mozartists’ début recording ‘Per do!’, a programme of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven concert arias featuring soprano Sophie Bevan. This current recording is the seventh release in Classical Opera’s complete recording cycle of Mozart’s operas.


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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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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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Stuart Jackson may sometimes stay behind in the title role with the ladies Mafi and Ek, his interpretation is like a house. The orchestra shows involvement and character. Conductor Ian Page impresses musically and stylistically as well as with his readable explanation in the booklet.
De Gelderlander, 06-12-2017

A wonderful CD for the dark winter days.
Opera Nederland, 04-12-2017

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Disc #1
01.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Overtura
05:23
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera
02.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Recitativo: Vieni e siegui i miei passi
02:16
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera
03.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: No.1 - Aria: Risolver non osa
06:45
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera
04.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Recitativo: Giusta è la tua richiesta
00:29
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera
05.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: No.2 - Aria: Lieve sono al par del vento
07:09
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera
06.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Recitativo: Dunque ove son?
02:40
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera
07.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: No.3 - Aria: Ciglio che al sol si gira
08:03
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera
08.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Recitativo: E quali abitatori...
00:28
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera
09.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: No.4 - Coro: Germe di cento eroi
02:39
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera
10.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Recitativo: Numi! è vero, o m'inganno!
02:43
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera
11.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: No.5 - Aria: Se vuoi che te raccolgano
07:24
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera
12.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Recitativo: Se qui vivon gli eroi
03:59
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera
13.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: No.6 - Aria: Voi colaggiù ridete
08:17
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Disc #2
01.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Recitativo: Publio, padre, ah lasciate
01:49
02.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: No.7 - Aria: Quercia annosa su l'erte pendici
03:17
03.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Recitativo: Giacchè al voler de' Fati
02:50
04.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: No.8 - Aria: A chi serena io miro
06:53
05.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Recitativo: E a sì enorme possanza
02:16
06.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: No. 9 - Aria: Biancheggia in mar lo scoglio
07:09
07.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Recitativo: Non più. Bella Constanza
00:40
08.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: No.10 - Aria: Dì che sei l'arbitra
07:15
09.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Recitativo accompagnato: E v'è mortal che ardisca
03:33
10.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Recitativo: Non è Scipio, o signore
00:34
11.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: No.11 - Aria: Ah perchè cercar degg'io
08:29
12.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: No.12 - Coro: Cento volte con lieto sembiante
01:37
13.
Il sogno di Scipione, K. 126: Appendix - No.11 - Aria: Ah perchè cercar degg'io (original version)
03:31
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