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Mozart - Zaide | CPO 7772812

Mozart - Zaide

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Label: CPO

Cat No: 7772812

Barcode: 0761203728121

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 5th January 2009

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Contents

Artists

Isabel Monar
Markus Schaefer
Markus Brutscher
Christian Hilz
Wiener Akademie

Conductor

Martin Haselbock

Works

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Zaide, K344

Artists

Isabel Monar
Markus Schaefer
Markus Brutscher
Christian Hilz
Wiener Akademie

Conductor

Martin Haselbock

About

Zaide is one of Mozart’s early Singspiels, an opera that is often ignored partly because it was incomplete. The opera was based on a Turkish fairytale that was popular at the time, which dealt with captured Europeans and Turkish sultans, slavery, liberation and gallantry. However, his characters have been deemed one-dimensional and the conflicts immature, which is probably the reason it was never finished.

The quality of music is not to be dismissed and Mozart himself believed this to be a valuable piece of work, despite the fact he didn’t finish it. This is a stirring new recording and features a stunning cast.

Martin Haselböck is a distinguished conductor but also specializes in unearthing long lost vocal/instrumental works which he transcribes for historical resurrections on period instruments with his Wiener Akademie, an ensemble that he founded himself, and performs around the world. He has conducted many Mozart operas and in 1991 was awarded the Mozart Prize of the City of Prague.

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