Mozart's Così fan tutte conducted by Leinsdorf

Mozart’s most intimate opera gets a large-scale recording, with thrillingly big voices and a large orchestra: also irritating added vocal decorations.

Michael Tanner

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Michael Tanner

Published: May 16, 2017 at 2:51 pm

COMPOSERS: Mozart
LABELS: RCA
ALBUM TITLE: Mozart
WORKS: Così fan tutte
PERFORMER: Price, Troyanos, Milnes, Shirley, Raskin, Flagello; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra/Leinsdorf
CATALOGUE NO: Red Seal 88875196382 (1967)

Mozart’s most intimate opera gets a large-scale recording, with thrillingly big voices and a large orchestra: also irritating added vocal decorations.

Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

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.