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Apollo et Hyacinthus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Mozartists

Apollo et Hyacinthus

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212057728
Catnr: SIGCD 577
Release date: 04 October 2019
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Signum Classics
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0635212057728
Catalogue number
SIGCD 577
Release date
04 October 2019

"Mozart's "Apollo et Hyacinthus" by The Mozartists o.l.v. Ian Page, on the Signum Classics label. Magnificent!"

Stretto, 26-9-2019
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Following its successful full length opera, Artaxerxes, Classical Opera return with the first in an epic series of Mozart operas Apollo et Hyacinthus. Named in The Guardian as one of ‘The Best Classical albums of 2012’.

Classical Opera has mounted two staged productions of Mozart’s Apollo et Hyacinthus (1998 and 2006), with both receiving wide critical acclaim; The Independent stated, “Classical Opera’s polished debut in Apollo et Hyacinthus proved a pearl beyond price. Here was a work of staggering beauty riddled with sweet noises like Caliban’s enchanted isle.”

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The Mozartists

The Mozartists, under the dynamic leadership of conductor and artistic director Ian Page, are leading exponents of the music of Mozart and his contemporaries. Originally called Classical Opera, the company was founded in 1997, and has received widespread international acclaim for its stylish and virtuosic period-instrument orchestra, its imaginative and innovative programming, and its ability to nurture and develop world-class young artists. The Mozartists have a prolific recording profile, and perform regularly at the UK’s leading venues, including Wigmore Hall, the Barbican, Southbank Centre and Birmingham Town Hall; they have also toured to Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Greece and the Czech Republic. Renowned for their fresh and insightful interpretations of well-known masterpieces as well as for their ability to bring rare works to...
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The Mozartists, under the dynamic leadership of conductor and artistic director Ian Page, are leading exponents of the music of Mozart and his contemporaries. Originally called Classical Opera, the company was founded in 1997, and has received widespread international acclaim for its stylish and virtuosic period-instrument orchestra, its imaginative and innovative programming, and its ability to nurture and develop world-class young artists.
The Mozartists have a prolific recording profile, and perform regularly at the UK’s leading venues, including Wigmore Hall, the Barbican, Southbank Centre and Birmingham Town Hall; they have also toured to Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Greece and the Czech Republic. Renowned for their fresh and insightful interpretations of well-known masterpieces as well as for their ability to bring rare works to light, they have mounted staged productions of many of Mozart’s operas, and have also given numerous UK premières, including Gluck’s La clemenza di Tito, Telemann’s Orpheus, Jommelli’s Il Vologeso, Haydn’s Applausus and Hasse’s Piramo e Tisbe.
In 2015 the company launched MOZART 250, a ground-breaking 27-year project exploring the chronological trajectory of Mozart’s life, works and influences. Described by The Observer as “among the most audacious classical music scheduling ever”, this flagship project presents 250thanniversary performances of most of Mozart’s important works, placing them in context alongside other significant works by Mozart’s contemporaries.
Page and his ensemble are also celebrated for their studio recordings. Their first two recordings – ‘The A-Z of Mozart Opera’ and ‘Blessed Spirit – a Gluck retrospective’ – were both selected for Gramophone’s annual Critics’ Choice, and the first seven releases in their ongoing recording cycle of the complete Mozart operas have attracted superlative reviews. Further recordings include the acclaimed 2-CD set ‘Mozart in London’ and recital discs featuring tenor Allan Clayton (‘Where’er You Walk’) and soprano Sophie Bevan (‘Perfido!’), both of which were shortlisted for the International Opera Awards. They recently released the first three volumes in a new ‘Sturm und Drang’ series.


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Ian Page (conductor)

Ian Page (conductor) is the founder, conductor and artistic director of Classical Opera, and is emerging as one of the leading British conductors of his generation. He began his musical education as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, and studied English Literature at the University of York before completing his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. At the start of his career he worked on the music staff at Scottish Opera, Opera Factory, Glyndebourne and the Drottningholm Slottsteater in Sweden, working with such conductors as Sir Alexander Gibson, Nicholas McGegan, Mark Wigglesworth, Ivor Bolton and Sir Charles Mackerras. With Classical Opera he has conducted most of Mozart’s early operas, including the world première of the ‘original’ version of Mitridate,...
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Ian Page (conductor) is the founder, conductor and artistic director of Classical Opera, and is emerging as one of the leading British conductors of his generation. He began his musical education as a chorister at Westminster Abbey, and studied English Literature at the University of York before completing his studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London. At the start of his career he worked on the music staff at Scottish Opera, Opera Factory, Glyndebourne and the Drottningholm Slottsteater in Sweden, working with such conductors as Sir Alexander Gibson, Nicholas McGegan, Mark Wigglesworth, Ivor Bolton and Sir Charles Mackerras.

With Classical Opera he has conducted most of Mozart’s early operas, including the world première of the ‘original’ version of Mitridate, re di Ponto and a new completion of Zaide, as well as Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte and La clemenza di Tito. He has also conducted the UK premières of Gluck’s La clemenza di Tito, Telemann’s Orpheus and Jommelli’s Il Vologeso, as well as the first new staging for 250 years of Johann Christian Bach’s Adriano in Siria. In 2009 he made his Royal Opera House début conducting Arne’s Artaxerxes at the Linbury Studio Theatre, and his studio recording of the work was released in 2011 on Linn Records.

He devised and conducted Classical Opera’s recordings of ‘The A-Z of Mozart Opera’ (Signum Classics) and ‘Blessed Spirit – a Gluck retrospective’ (Wigmore Hall Live), both of which were selected for Gramophone magazine’s annual Critic’s Choice, and he recently embarked on an acclaimed new complete cycle of Mozart opera recordings with Classical Opera. He has also created and devised MOZART 250, Classical Opera’s ambitious 27-year journey through Mozart’s music and influences, which was launched in London in 2015.


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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose actual name is Joannes Chrysotomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a composer, pianist, violinist and conductor from the classical period, born in Salzburg. Mozart was a child prodigy. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. Along with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven, Mozart is considered to be one of the most influential composers of all of music's history. Within the classical tradition, he was able to develop new musical concepts which left an everlasting impression on all the composers that came after him. Together with Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven he is part of the First Viennese School.  At 17, Mozart was engaged as...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose actual name is Joannes Chrysotomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a composer, pianist, violinist and conductor from the classical period, born in Salzburg. Mozart was a child prodigy. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. Along with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven, Mozart is considered to be one of the most influential composers of all of music's history. Within the classical tradition, he was able to develop new musical concepts which left an everlasting impression on all the composers that came after him. Together with Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven he is part of the First Viennese School. At 17, Mozart was engaged as a musician at the Salzburg court, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position. From 1763 he traveled with his family through all of Europe for three years and from 1769 he traveled to Italy and France with his father Leopold after which he took residence in Paris. On July 3rd, 1778, his mother passed away and after a short stay in Munich with the Weber family, his father urged him to return to Salzburg, where he was once again hired by the Bishop. While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He chose to stay in the capital, where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years in Vienna, he composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and operas, and portions of the Requiem, which was largely unfinished at the time of his death.


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Mozart's "Apollo et Hyacinthus" by The Mozartists o.l.v. Ian Page, on the Signum Classics label. Magnificent!
Stretto, 26-9-2019

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01.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 1: Intrada
02:41
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, The Mozartists
02.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 2. Recitativo: Amice! iam parata sunt omnia (Hyacinthus/Zephyrus/Oebalus/Melia)
02:53
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Andrew Kennedy, Klara Ek, Sophie Bevan, Christopher Ainslie, The Mozartists
03.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 3. Chorus: Numen o Latonium (Chorus/Oebalus)
04:26
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Andrew Kennedy, The Mozartists
04.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 4. Recitativo: Heu me! periimus! (Melia/Oebalus/Hyacinthus/Zephyrus)
01:24
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Andrew Kennedy, Klara Ek, Sophie Bevan, Christopher Ainslie, The Mozartists
05.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 5. Aria: Saepe terrent Numina (Hyacinthus)
07:48
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Sophie Bevan, The Mozartists
06.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 6. Recitativo: Ah Nate! vera loqueris (Oebalus/Apollo/Hyacinthus/Melia/Zephyrus)
03:04
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Andrew Kennedy, Klara Ek, Sophie Bevan, Christopher Ainslie, Lawrence Zazzo, The Mozartists
07.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 7. Aria: Iam pastor Apollo (Apollo)
03:46
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Lawrence Zazzo, The Mozartists
08.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 8. Recitativo: Amare numquid Filia (Oebalus/Melia)
01:49
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Andrew Kennedy, Klara Ek, The Mozartists
09.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 9. Aria: Laetari, iocari (Melia)
06:39
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Klara Ek, Classical Opera, The Mozartists
10.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 10. Recitativo: Rex! de salute Filii (Zephyrus/Oebalus/Melia)
05:22
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Andrew Kennedy, Klara Ek, Christopher Ainslie, The Mozartists
11.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 11. Aria: En! duos conspicis (Zephyrus)
03:08
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Christopher Ainslie, The Mozartists
12.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 12. Recitativo: Heu! Numen! ecce! (Zephyrus/Melia/Apollo)
02:05
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Klara Ek, Christopher Ainslie, Lawrence Zazzo, The Mozartists
13.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 13. Duetto: Discede crudelis! (Melia/Apollo)
06:22
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Klara Ek, Lawrence Zazzo, Classical Opera, The Mozartists
14.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 14. Recitativo accompagnato: Non est – Quis ergo Nate! (Hyacinthus/Oebalus)
02:35
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Sophie Bevan, Andrew Kennedy, The Mozartists
15.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 15. Aria: Ut navis in aequore luxuriante (Oebalus)
06:16
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Andrew Kennedy, The Mozartists
16.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 16. Recitativo: Quocumque me converto (Melia, Oebalus)
02:56
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Andrew Kennedy, Klara Ek, The Mozartists
17.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 17. Duetto: Natus cadit, atque Deus (Oebalus/Melia)
05:42
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Andrew Kennedy, Klara Ek, The Mozartists
18.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 18. Recitativo: Rex! me redire cogit (Apollo/Oebalus/Melia)
04:49
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Andrew Kennedy, Klara Ek, Lawrence Zazzo, The Mozartists
19.
Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38: No 19. Terzetto: Tandem post turbida fulmina (Apollo/Melia/Oebalus)
02:45
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Classical Opera, Andrew Kennedy, Klara Ek, Lawrence Zazzo, The Mozartists
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