Mozart - La Betulia Liberata
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 94496
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 25th March 2013
Contents
Artists
Baltazar ZunigaElena Biscuola
Angela Bucci
Abramo Rosalen
Caterina Patrizia Vaccari
Pamela Luciarini
Riccardo Favero (harpsichord)
Coro e Orchestra dell’Oficina Musicum
Conductor
Riccardo FaveroWorks
Betulia liberata, K118Artists
Baltazar ZunigaElena Biscuola
Angela Bucci
Abramo Rosalen
Caterina Patrizia Vaccari
Pamela Luciarini
Riccardo Favero (harpsichord)
Coro e Orchestra dell’Oficina Musicum
Conductor
Riccardo FaveroAbout
La Betulia liberata KV118/74c, the only oratorio he ever produced, was written by a relatively young Wolfgang whose potential is immediately obvious, even in his mid‐teens.
La Betulia liberata, rarely performed or recorded, was commissioned by Don Giuseppe Ximenes, Prince of Aragon, in 1771 while Mozart was undertaking a tour of Italy with his father, Leopold. The text, by Pietro Metastasio, is based on the story of the Book of Judith, which appears in the Apocrypha of the Bible, and the oratorio is written in a seria style.
The work also showcases the beginnings of a composer who would become famous for his employment of dramatic contrast and characterisation, as well as providing a psychological insight to his characters through the music. Two highlights are undoubtedly Nos 11 and 14; in the former, the noblewoman Amital compares the plight of Bethulia to the desperation of a ship in a storm, portrayed in the music, and in the latter, Amital’s changing mood is perfectly depicted as arrogance turns to docility – a forerunner to Mozart’s more challengingly unstable female protagonists, Donna Elvira and Vitellia.
The recording boasts a wealth of critically acclaimed vocalists. They are accompanied by the Coro e Orchestra dell’Oficina Musicum, directed from the harpsichord by Riccardo Favero.
Cast:
- Baltazar Zúñiga: Ozia, governor of Bethulia
- Elena Biscuola: Giuditta, a widow from Bethulia
- Angela Bucci: Amital, a noble Israelite woman from Bethulia
- Abramo Rosalen: Achior, prince of the Ammonites
- Caterina Patrizia Vaccari: Cabri, an elder of Bethulia
- Pamela Luciarini: Carmi, an elder of Bethulia
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