Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Karine Deshayes
Orchestra: Les Paladins
Conductor: Jerome Correas
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aparté
Catalogue: AP327
Release: 2023
Size: 964 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
La Betulia Liberata, K. 118/74c
01. Aria. Quel nocchier che in gran procella (Amital)
Symphony No. 17 in G major, K. 129
02. I. Allegro
03. II. Andante
04. III. Allegro
Davide penitente, K. 469
05. Aria. Lungi le cure ingrate
06. Church Sonata in D major, K. 69
07. Church Sonata in G Major, K. 274
08. Church Sonata in D Major, K. 144
Mass in C Major, K. 317 ‘Coronation’
09. VI. Agnus Dei
10. Church Sonata in E-Flat Major, K. 67
Exsultate, jubilate, K. 165
11. I. Exsultate, jubilate
12. II. Fulget amica dies
13. III. Tu virginum corona
14. IV. Alleluia, alleluia
Vesperæ solennes de confessore, K. 339
15. V. Laudate Dominum
Karine Deshayes, one of today’s most remarkable interpreters of Mozart together with the vocal and instrumental ensemble Les Paladins, gives an outstanding performance in this program of his sacred and secular works, in which the motet Exsultate, jubilate! Forms the centrepiece. Her rich, full-bodied voice taps directly into the roots of this highly virtuosic piece, originally written for a powerful, resonant soprano castrato tessitura. Conducted by Jerome Correas, the musicians complete the program with a selection of early pieces by Mozart: several of his (unjustly underrated) Church Sonatas, his Symphony No. 17, a poetic Agnus Dei from the Vespers, and excerpts from the all too rarely heard Davide penintente and La Betulia liberata. Through his attention to contrast and his concern for expressivity, the conductor reveals the underlying theatricality of these works, unparalleled in their dramatic power.