Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mozart-Orchester und Chor des Opernhauses Zürich - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo (1984)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 723 Mb | Total time: 194.43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Teldec | # 2292-42600-2 | Recorded: 1980
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 723 Mb | Total time: 194.43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Teldec | # 2292-42600-2 | Recorded: 1980
This "Idomeneo" takes us to Zurich from Vienna and again Harnoncourt finds much fire and passion in a work which is notoriously difficult to bring off. My selected comparison here was the indefatigable Peter Maag (Arts Archives) whose litheness of tempi and superb singing team is given a good run for their money by Harnoncourt and in particular the booming voice of Hollweg who can safely lay claim to be one of the finest Idomeneo's on record. Yet again Harnoncourt is a thrilling exponent of the Mozartian idiom and the opera really finds a dramatic twinge especially in the final act.