Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni conducted by Moralt
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COMPOSERS: Mozart
LABELS: Eloquence
ALBUM TITLE: Mozart
WORKS: Don Giovanni
PERFORMER: London, Weber, Zadek, Simoneau, Jurinac, Berry, Waechter, Sciutti; Vienna Chamber Choir & Symphony/Moralt
CATALOGUE NO: 480 7181 (1955)
A tempting set, every singer a major star at the peak of their career. Unfortunately the conducting by Moralt is so routine that what should have been a thrilling drama becomes a staid concert.
Michael Tanner
Authors
Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.