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Molieri / Adam Plachetka
PENTATONE

Molieri / Adam Plachetka

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Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Salieri
Artist
Adam Plachetka
Format
CD
Label
PENTATONE
Released
Oct 28, 2022
Catalog #
PTC5187022
UPC
8717306260220

About

Bass-baritone Adam Plachetka presents Molieri, a program of opera arias by Mozart and Salieri, together with the Czech Ensemble Baroque under the baton of Roman Válek. Thanks to fictional works such as the film Amadeus, Antonio Salieri is often scapegoated as the man who allegedly caused Mozart’s untimely death out of professional envy. Despite the fact that this is obviously not true, Salieri’s popularity has suffered from this popular myth-making, and most of his operas have sunk into oblivion. Molieri brings the two composers together, focusing on bass-8 baritone arias from their opera buffas. Famous arias from Mozart’s Da Ponte operas are heard in a completely different light when paired to excerpts from Salieri’s Falstaff, Axur, La grotto di Trofonio, and La scuola de’ gelosi. It also makes clear why Salieri enjoyed such success, as well as why great composers such as Beethoven, Schubert, and Liszt all wanted to study with him. Given the importance of Prague for Mozart’s operatic successes, the music fits the players of Czech Ensemble Baroque like a glove, and Plachetka possesses the optimal combination of vocal authority and agility to sing these buffo roles.

Bass-baritone Adam Plachetka frequents the world’s most prestigious opera houses, and is a MET regular, equally at home in dramatic and comic repertoire. The Czech Ensemble Baroque is one of the most important period instrument ensembles of the Czech Republic, and was founded by Roman Válek in 1998. Plachetka, Válek and the ensemble all make their Pentatone debut.

REVIEW:

Adam Plachetka is a widely experienced singer, especially of the Mozart roles heard here, to all of which he brings a handsome, healthy tone, firm diction and a sense of character. Several arias include apt decorations and, where appropriate, his own cadenzas. The solid quality of the Czech Ensemble Baroque under Roman Válek, meanwhile, is evidenced in a couple of overtures, the familiar Figaro, plus a powerful account of Salieri’s dramatic introduction to La grotta di Trofonio.

-- BBC Music Magazine

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act I Scene 8: Aria: Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso 03:48
    Track
    1
    Title
    Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act I Scene 8: Aria: Non più andrai, farfallone amoroso
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Adam Plachetka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  2. 2 Falstaff, Act I Scene 12: Aria: Nell'impero di Cupido 03:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    Falstaff, Act I Scene 12: Aria: Nell'impero di Cupido
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Performer
    Adam Plachetka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  3. 3 Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I Scene 5: Aria: Madamina, il catalogo è questo 05:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I Scene 5: Aria: Madamina, il catalogo è questo
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Adam Plachetka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  4. 4 La scuola de' gelosi: Aria: Mi dica il mio signore 04:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    La scuola de' gelosi: Aria: Mi dica il mio signore
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Performer
    Adam Plachetka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  5. 5 Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492: Overture 04:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492: Overture
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  6. 6 Axur, Re d'Ormus, Act IV: Misero, abbietto negro 02:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    Axur, Re d'Ormus, Act IV: Misero, abbietto negro
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Performer
    Adam Plachetka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  7. 7 Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act III Scene 4: Recitative and Aria: Hai già vinta la causa! … Vedrò, menr'io sosprio 04:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act III Scene 4: Recitative and Aria: Hai già vinta la causa! … Vedrò, menr'io sosprio
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Adam Plachetka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  8. 8 La Grotta di Trofonio, Act II: Se il tuo sposo 05:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    La Grotta di Trofonio, Act II: Se il tuo sposo
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Performer
    Adam Plachetka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  9. 9 La finta giardiniera, K. 196, Act I: A forza di martelli 03:44
    Track
    9
    Title
    La finta giardiniera, K. 196, Act I: A forza di martelli
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Adam Plachetka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  10. 10 La grotta di Trofonio: Overture 04:51
    Track
    10
    Title
    La grotta di Trofonio: Overture
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  11. 11 Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act IV Scene 8: Recitative and Aria: Tutto è disposto … Aprite un po' quegli occhi 04:23
    Track
    11
    Title
    Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492, Act IV Scene 8: Recitative and Aria: Tutto è disposto … Aprite un po' quegli occhi
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Adam Plachetka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  12. 12 Axur, Re d'Ormus, Act V: Idol vano d'un popol codardo 01:55
    Track
    12
    Title
    Axur, Re d'Ormus, Act V: Idol vano d'un popol codardo
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Performer
    Adam Plachetka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  13. 13 Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I Scene 15: Finch'han dal vino, "Champagne Aria" 01:23
    Track
    13
    Title
    Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act I Scene 15: Finch'han dal vino, "Champagne Aria"
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Adam Plachetka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  14. 14 La scuola de' gelosi: Aria: Fate buona compagnia 03:20
    Track
    14
    Title
    La scuola de' gelosi: Aria: Fate buona compagnia
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Antonio Salieri
    Performer
    Adam Plachetka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek
  15. 15 Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act I Scene 3: Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo 05:35
    Track
    15
    Title
    Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act I Scene 3: Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Adam Plachetka
    Ensemble
    Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Roman Válek