A Nocte Temporis & Reinoud Van Mechelen - Mozart: Concert Arias (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Fresh from his triumphant onstage success in Paris, Berlin and Brussels singing leading roles in the operas of Rameau and Mozart, tenor Reinoud Van Mechelen presents his long-awaited first Mozart recording. Together with his ensemble A Nocte Temporis, he has devised a highly imaginative programme. From the eleven single opera and concert arias for tenor and orchestra that are ascribed to Mozart, the Belgian tenor has selected those that are entirely in the composer’s hand – leaving out the ones completed or reconstructed by others, and adding an exquisite aria from Mitridate, re di Ponto. Mozart was only nine years old when in 1765, during his stay in London, he launched into his first opera aria for tenor and orchestra, to verses from a libretto by Metastasio. At the end of 1766, on his return to Salzburg, the child prodigy composed Or che il dover – Tali e cotanti sono KV 36 for a festive celebration, making the court aware of his enormous talent. Throughout his career, alongside his own operas Mozart also wrote arias intended for insertion into the operas of other composers, hidden masterpieces that now receive revelatory performances.

Tracklist:
01 - Mitridate, rè di Ponto, KV 87_74a, Act I_ Se di lauri il crine adorno
02 - Va, dal furor portata, KV 21_19c
03 - Si mostra la sorte, KV 209
04 - Misero! o sogno, KV 431_425b_ Adagio - Andante sostenuto - Allegro assai
05 - Se al labbro mio non credi, KV 295_ Adagio - Allegretto - Tempo primo
06 - Per pietà, non ricercate, KV 420
07 - Con ossequio, con rispetto, KV 210
08 - Or che il dover, KV 36_33i_ Or che il dover - Tali e cotanti sono


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