Rita Streich Archive

Ferenc Fricsay: The Mozart Radio Broadcasts = MOZART: Symphonies; Bassoon Concerto; Divertimenti, Serenades and Arias – Suzanne Danco and Rita Streich, sopranos / Johannes Zuther, bassoon/ RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/ Ferenc Fricsay – DGG 

by Audiophile Audition | Mar 5, 2018 | Classical Reissue Reviews

Ferenc Fricsay’s post-war Mozart sessions at RIAS return with all their stylistic verve, passion, and immaculate musicianship. Ferenc Fricsay: The Mozart Radio Broadcasts = MOZART: Symphonies 1; 4-9; Symphony No. 23 in D Major, K. 181; Symphony No. 27 in G Major, K. 199; Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 191; Serenata notturna in D Major, K. 239; Divertimento in F Major, K. 247; Divertimento in D Major, K. 334; Cassation in G Major, K .63;  Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major, K. 297b; Serenade in E-flat Major, K. 375; A Musical Joke in F Major, K. 522; “Sull’aria” from Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492; “In quail eccessi, O Numi. . . Mi tradi quell’alma ingrate,” from Don Giovanni, K. 527 – Suzanne Danco and Rita Streich, sopranos; Johannes Zuther, bassoon/ RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/ Ferenc Fricsay – DGG 00289 479 8275 (4 CDs) 72:27; 69:54; 76:49; 82:28 (1/19/18) [Distr. by Universal] *****:   Between 1951 and 1954 Hungarian conductor Ferenc Fricsay (1914-1963) occupied the recording studios at RIAS in post-war Berlin with the sole purpose “to lay the foundations for a better understanding of the greatest musical thinker ever to have lived: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.” A fervent, romantic interpreter of the […]