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Label:
   PentaTone Classics - http://www.pentatonemusic.com/
Serial:
   PTC 5186 133
Title:
   Mozart, Schubert: Opera & Concert Arias - Elly Ameling
Description:
   Mozart, Schubert: Opera & Concert Arias

Elly Ameling (soprano)
English Chamber Orchestra (Mozart)
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Schubert)
Edo de Waart (conductor)
Details:
   Total time: 65:47
Genre:
   Classical - Vocal
Content:
   Stereo/Multichannel
Media:
   Hybrid
Recording type:
   Analogue
Recording info:
  
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Reviews: 2
Site review by Castor June 27, 2004
Performance:  Sonics (MC):
Yet another winner from PentaTone! This SACD is a delight from start to finish. Elly Ameling’s lovely voice is captured to perfection in each of these Mozart and Schubert arias recorded in London (1972) and Rotterdam (1975) respectively.
The mellow playing of the English Chamber Orchestra in the Mozart perfectly complements the purity of Ameling’s singing, and makes one appreciate the warmth of the instrumental sound; so different from some of the more abrasive ‘original instrument’ productions we are used to nowadays.
The Schubert items, which take up a quarter of the disc, are not as familiar, but equally enjoyable. Here the Rotterdam PO provides stylish accompaniments (listen to the mellifluous woodwind in the aria from Der Zwillingsbrüder) and Edo de Waart’s conducting throughout is all one could wish for.
More like this please PentaTone!

Copyright © 2004 Graham Williams and SA-CD.net
Review by Oscar August 31, 2005 (5 of 5 found this review helpful)
Performance:  Sonics (S/MC): /
Excellent disc by Elly Ameling. Although she was mainly a lieder and oratorio interpreter, she very rarely ventured into the opera-house. But she included a few Mozart arias in her recital programmes.
Several of these are contained in this discs, as well as a selection of Schubert pieces that, even today, may be termed rarities. But they are all first rate compositions.

Ameling sings the entire programme with a radiant tone, detailed vocal inflection and charm. She is able partenerd by both orchestras and conductor.

Ths sound is excellent, up to the usual high standards of this label.

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