Mozart: Desperate herorines Sandrine Piau

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
• 1Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act IV: L'ho perduta … Me meschina01:36
• 2Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act II: Crudele! Ah no, mio bene - Non mi dir06:23
• 3La finta giardiniera, K. 196, Act I: Geme la tortorella04:07
• 4Mitridate, re di Ponto, K. 87, Act III: Ah ben ne fui presaga! - Pallid'ombre06:38
• 5Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act IV: Giunse al fin il momento…04:03
• 6La finta giardiniera, K. 196, Act II: Crudeli, fermate, crudeli06:39
• 7Idomeneo re di Creta, K. 366, Act II: Se il padre perdei la patria, il riposo05:53
• 8Lucio Silla, K. 135, Act III: Sposo … mia vita …05:47
• 9Il re pastore, K. 208, Act II: L'amero, saro costante06:28
• Total Runtime47:34

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'When Naïve offered me the chance to record a Mozart recital in 2001, it was something I hadn’t even dared to dream of, because he seemed to me to be the composer most emblematic of every kind of perfection. I made the disc with a feeling almost of transgression and a tremendous fear of not being worthy of him. Now, thirteen years later, I come back to Mozart with the experience of the roles I’ve tackled on stage in the meantime.

Donna Anna is probably the character I most wanted to include, not only because I’ve sung her in the theatre but also because the part is traditionally given to heavier voices than mine. Like any so-called ‘Baroque’ singer, I’m suspicious of traditions, and I like the idea that behind her cries of suffering she has still retained a redemptive gentleness, which one can sense in ‘Non mi dir’. The arias I’ve chosen are often tormented. I suppose this is a disc of maturity, which both reflects my trajectory over these past few years and catches me at a specific moment in my life, like a snapshot.' Sandrine Piau

“Piau recreates numb torment, fear and anger within the comparatively small expressive range of her soprano...And Ivor Bolton's urging of the orchestral slings and arrows is everywhere minutely attuned to the elusive and delicate, nervous volatility Piau expresses so well.” (BBC Music Magazine)

“Piau brings each of these women, amorous, vulnerable and/or tormented, to vivid life. Her tender shaping of 'Non mi dir' convinces you that Donna Anna does indeed love Don Ottavio...Elsewhere she finds an extra sensuous warmth in her tone for Susanna's aria, and a darker intensity for Aspasia's Gluckian ombra scena, and Sandrina's 'mad scene'.” (Gramophone)

“the upper notes sparkle and her intonation is impeccable throughout, as is her secure feeling for Mozartian style...her hushed mezza voce is heart-stoppingly beautiful and throughout she never sings too loud: this is an artist who knows how to invest a phrase with the greatest expressiveness and shape without forcing her tone or distorting the vocal line...a delight.” (International Record Review)

Sandrine Piau, soprano
Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
Ivor Bolton, conductor

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