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Mozart - L'oca del Cairo / Fischer-Dieskau, Wiens, P. Schreier, D. Johnson, Coburn, P. Schreier ~ Lo Sposo deluso / Grant, Palmer, Rolfe Johnson, Tear, Cotrubas, C. Davis

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Peter Schreier, Sir Colin Davis, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ileana Cotrubas, Douglas Johnson, Inga Nielsen, Pamela Coburn, Clifford Grant, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Felicity Palmer, Robert Tear, Edith Wiens

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1. L' Oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo), opera fragment, K. 422: Così si fa
2. L' Oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo), opera fragment, K. 422: Auretta mie, Chichibio, vi saluto
3. L' Oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo), opera fragment, K. 422: Se fosse qui nascoso
4. L' Oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo), opera fragment, K. 422: Buon pro', Signori
5. L' Oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo), opera fragment, K. 422: Ogni momento dicone Donne
6. L' Oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo), opera fragment, K. 422: O pazzo, pazzissimo Biondello
7. L' Oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo), opera fragment, K. 422: Siano pronte alle gran nozze
8. L' Oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo), opera fragment, K. 422: L'ultima volta al fin
9. L' Oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo), opera fragment, K. 422: Che parli, che dica
10. L' Oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo), opera fragment, K. 422: Ma parmi là in quel lato
11. L' Oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo), opera fragment, K. 422: S'oggi, oh dei, sperar mi fate
12. L' Oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo), opera fragment, K. 422: Ho un pensiero nel cervello
13. L' Oca del Cairo (The Goose of Cairo), opera fragment, K. 422: Su via putti, presto, presto!
14. Lo sposo deluso, opera (fragment), K. 430 (K. 424a): Ouvertura
15. Lo sposo deluso, opera (fragment), K. 430 (K. 424a): Ah, ah che ridere!
16. Lo sposo deluso, opera (fragment), K. 430 (K. 424a): Nacqui all'aria trionfale
17. Lo sposo deluso, opera (fragment), K. 430 (K. 424a): Dove mai trovar quel ciglio?
18. Lo sposo deluso, opera (fragment), K. 430 (K. 424a): Che accienti!

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not a great opera

This "L'oca del Cairo" is all but a great opera. Actually one wonders how was that in a few years, Mozart would write such masterpieces as "Figaro", "Don Giovanni", and the "Zauberflote". Music is pretty boring, with all the stereotypes of Opera Buffa, but without that sort of 'wit' Mozart's music is famous for. However, recommended not for its inner quality, but for a more complete picture of Mozart, who wrote more than forty operas, although you have probably listened only to for or five of them.

Interesting

The value in owning lesser know and fragmentary works of the great composers is to view their artistic development and judgements. Mozart abandoned composing L'oca del Cairo because, as he states in a letter to his father Leopold, it was just plain dumb. And listening to this fragment, we can see that Mozart's heart just wasn't into it.

I give this disc four stars for the second fragment, Lo Sposo deluso, which is absolutely brilliant and makes me wish he completed the opera.

Mozart Opera Buffa

L'Oca del Cairo (The Cairo Goose) and Lo Sposo Deluso (The Disappointed Bridegroom)

If you're not ready for a full length Mozart opera then try these two extensive fragments of opera buffa (comic opera). Light and airy I enjoyed both. Both are very much Mozart in his early opera period, three years before Figaro. Wonderful music.

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Delightful early operas!

No "Don Giovanni's" here, but utterly charming music nonetheless from a young Mozart. Superb performances too.