Johannes Wildner - Cosi fan tutte

One of Europe’s most prominent conductors, the Austrian–born Johannes Wildner has a slew of accolades attached to his name. After positions as Chief Conductor of Prague State Opera (1994-95) and First Permanent Conductor of Leipzig Opera (1996-98), Wildner was the General Music Director of the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia (Germany) for 10 years from 1997. More recently, he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra in London.

Wildner's musical repertoire includes various guest appearances in major opera houses – the Leipzig Volksopher Vienna, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra London, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. A violinist as well as a musicologist, Wildner has recorded more than 60 CDs, videos and DVDs, including complete performances of Carmen and Cosi fan tutte.

In 1790, the year of his father's death, Mozart together with the poet Lorenzo da Ponte, wrote the Vienna opera Cosi fan tutte (All Women Behave Like That). It was commissioned, at the wish of the Emperor Joseph II, after the successful revival of Mozart's earlier collaboration with da Ponte, The Marriage of Figaro, in August 1789. Cosi fan tutte tells of the cynical Don Alfonso, who introduces his young friends Guglielmo and Ferrando to test the fidelity of the sisters they love, Fiordiligi and Dorabella, through a ruse involving the younger men's disguise as Albanian noblemen.  After Mozart's death the opera enjoyed some popularity, but the apparent frivolity of its subject proved generally unacceptable as the 19th century progressed. This performance was recorded at the Moyzes Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic in Bratislava from February to April 1990.

Overture

Act I Scene 1: Terzetto - La mia Dorabella capace non e (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)

Act I Scene 1: Recitative - Fuor la spada (Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Ferrando)

Act I Scene 1: Terzetto - E la fede delle femmine (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo)

Act I Scene 1: Recitative - Scioccherie di poeti (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)

Act I Scene 2: Terzet - Una bella serenata (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)

Act I Scene 2: Duetto - Ah guarda, sorella (Fiordiligi, Dorabella)

Act I Scene 2: Recitative - Mi par, che stamattina volentieri farei la pazzarella (Fiordiligi, Dorabella)

Act I Scene 2: Aria - Vorrei dir, e cor non ho (Don Alfonso)

Act I Scene 2: Recitative - Stelle, per carita (Fiordiligi, Don Alfonso, Dorabella)

Act I Scene 2: Quintet - Sento, o Dio (Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)

Act I Scene 2: Recitativo - Non piangere (Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)

Act I Scene 2: Duet - Al fato dan legge (Ferrando, Guglielmo)

Act I Scene 2: Recitative - La commedia e graziosa (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)

Act I Scene 2: Bella vita militar! (Chorus of Soldiers)

Act I Scene 2: Recitativo - Non v'e piu tempo (Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo)

Act I Scene 2: Quintet - Di scrivermi ogni giorno (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso)

Act I Scene 2: Recitative - Dove son (Dorabella, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi)

Act I Scene 2: Terzet - Soave sia il vento (Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)

Act I Scene 2: Recitative - Non son cattivo (Despina)

Act I Scene 2: Recitativo - Che vita maledetta (Dorabella)

Act I Scene 2: Aria - Smanie implacabili (Dorabella)

Act I Scene 2: Recitative - Signora Dorabella (Despina, Dorabella, Fiordiligi)

Act I Scene 2: Aria - In uomini, in soldati (Despina)

Act I Scene 2: Recitative - Che silenzio! (Don Alfonso)

Act I Scene 2: Sestet - Alla bella Despinetta (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)

Act I Scene 2: Recitative - Che sussurro (Don Alfonso, Dorabella, Fiordiligi, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina)

Act I Scene 2: Aria - Come scoglio (Despina)

Act I Scene 2: Recitative - Ah non partite! (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Dorabella, Fiordiligi)

Act I Scene 2: Aria - Non siate ritrosi (Guglielmo)

Act I Scene 2: Terzet - E voi ridete (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo)

Act I Scene 2: Recitative - Si puo sapere (Don Alfonso, Guglielmo, Ferrando)

Act I Scene 2: Aria - Un'aura amorosa (Ferrando)

Act I Scene 2: Recitative - Oh la saria (Don Alfonso, Despina)

Act I Scene 3: Finale - Ah, che tutta in un momento (Fiordiligi, Dorabella)

Act I Scene 3: Si mora, si, si mora (Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)

Act I Scene 3: Eccovi il medico (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina)

Act I Scene 3: Dove son Che loco e questo (Guglielmo, Ferrando, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Don Alfonso)

Act I Scene 3: Dammi un bacio, o mio tesoro (Guglielmo, Ferrando, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Don Alfonso)

Act II Scene 1: Recitative - Andante la (Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)

Act II Scene 1: Aria - Una donna a quindici anni (Despina)

Act II Scene 1: Recitativo - Sorella, cosa dici (Fiordiligi, Dorabella)

Act II Scene 2: Duetto - Prendero quel brunettino (Dorabella, Fiordiligi)

Act II Scene 2: Duet - Secondate, aurette amiche (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Chorus)

Act II Scene 2: Recitative - II tutto deponete (Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Guglielmo, Ferrando, Despina)

Act II Scene 2: Quartet - La mano a me date (Guglielmo, Ferrando, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Don Alfonso)

Act II Scene 2: Recitative - Oh che bella giornata! (Fiordiligi, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Dorabella)

Act II Scene 2: Duet - II core vi dono (Guglielmo, Dorabella)

Act II Scene 2: Recitative - Barbara, perche fuggi (Ferrando, Fiordiligi)

Act II Scene 2: Aria - Ah io veggio quell'anima bella (Ferrando)

Act II Scene 2: Recitative - Ei parte ... senti ... ah no! (Fiordiligi)

Act II Scene 2: Rondo - Per pieta, ben mio (Fiordiligi)

Act II Scene 2: Recitative - Amico, abbiamo vinto! (Ferrando, Guglielmo))

Act II Scene 2: Aria - Donne mie la fate a tanti a tanti (Guglielmo)

Act II Scene 2: Recitative - In qual fiero contrasto (Ferrando)

Act II Scene 2: Cavatina - Tradito, schernito (Ferrando)

Act II Scene 3: Recitativo - Bravo, questa e costanza (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo)

Act II Scene 3: Aria - E amore un ladroncello (Dorabella)

Act II Scene 3: Recitative - Come tutto congiura (Fiordiligi, Guglielmo, Despina)

Act II Scene 3: Duet - Fra gli amplessi (Fiordiligi, Ferrando)

Act II Scene 3: Recitative - Ah poveretto me (Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Ferrando)

Act II Scene 3: Andante - Tutti accusan le donne (Don Alfonso)

Act II Scene 3: Recitative - Vittoria, padroncini (Despina)

Act II Scene 4: Finale - Fate presto, o cari amici (Despina, Chorus of Servants, Don Alfonso)

Act II Scene 4: Benedetti i doppi conjugi (Chorus, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo)

Act II Scene 4: E nel tuo, nel mio bicchiero (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo)

Act II Scene 4: Miei Signori, tutto e fatto (Don Alfonso, Fiodilii, Dorablla, Ferrando, Guglielm, Dospina)

Act II Scene 4: Bella vita militar! (Chorus, Don Alfnso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Ferrando, Guglielmo)

Act II Scene 4: Sani e salvi agli (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina)

Act II Scene 4: Ah, Signor, son rea di morte (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guigliemo, Despina, Don Alfonso)

Act II Scene 4: Fortunato l'uom che prende (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guigliemo, Despina, Don Alfonso)

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