Mozart: Don Giovanni: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carlo Maria Giulini, Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Eberhard Waechter, Dame Joan Sutherland, Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Graziella Sciutti: Amazon.co.uk: Music

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5.0 out of 5 stars THE Don Giovanni!, 22 Nov 1999

By	dmillward@command.co.uk (London, UK.) - See all my reviews

Quite simply the best in terms of performance however the quality of the sound is it's only flaw being ADD. Still, a must for any serious collector of Mozart.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Definative Don Giovanni, 30 April 2000

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This recording may be 40 years old (1959) but it's still the definative Don Giovanni. Sutherland is in superb voice and the recording is remarkable considering its age and never once detracts from the performance.

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5.0 out of 5 stars DRAMMA GIOCOSO, 17 Jul 2002

By	DAVID BRYSON (Glossop Derbyshire England) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

I'm quite sure I have never yet laughed during Don Giovanni and I wonder who, if anyone, ever has. I suppose da Ponte meant the 'funny' bits to be things like the catalogue of the Don's conquests which I think is just coarse vulgar and sexist, and the Don and Leporello are laughing in the cemetary just before they are interrupted by what is probably the most terrifying sound yet devised by a musician. Some dramma giocoso! Whatever da Ponte intended, Mozart got loose on his cheap libretto and has given his interpreters the job of doing justice to what may be the greatest piece of music there is. For its age this recording is not cheap, but the sound is really not bad, and it certainly does not stop me from recommending this Don Giovanni in good conscience as the best I know. Schwarzkopf was at the peak of her career and she shares the female lead with a promising young soprano by the name of Sutherland. There is not a weakness among them, male or female, and as far as the direction goes this is probably the best thing Giulini ever did, along with his earlier Verdi Requiem. Little if anything is startlingly unusual in his reading, but one thing that sticks obsessively in my memory is the sauntering speed he takes for Il Mio Tesoro, Mozart at his insolent, effortless greatest. The climax of the work at the dinner party takes me into a region where I do not know what I am thinking or feeling -- should all these grotesque goings-on be taken 'seriously'? Mozart is above it all, unflustered and unhurried. Never mind the age or the price of this set, here is an immortal Don Giovanni.

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5.0 out of 5 stars dramma giacoso ??
Don Giovanni has many humorous episodes but it isn't so apparent in this recording which tends to emphasise the drama at the expense of the comedy, especially Wachter. Read more


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