Mozart: Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots Orchestra of Classical Opera & Ian Page

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K. 35
• 1 Sinfonia 03:20
• 2 Recitative: Die loblich' und gerechte Bitte (Gerechtigkeit, Christgeist, Barmherzigkeit) 01:46
• 3 Aria: Mit Jammer muss ich schauen (Christgeist) 06:05
• 4 Recitative: So vieler Seelen Fall (Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit) 01:59
• 5 Aria: Ein ergrimmter Lowe brullet (Barmherzigkeit) 06:14
• 6 Recitative: Was glaubst du (Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit, Christgeist) 00:51
• 7 Recitative: Wenn aus so vieler Tausend Mund (Christgeist, Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit) 02:20
• 8 Aria: Erwache, fauler Knecht (Gerechtigkeit) 07:36
• 9 Recitative: Er reget sich (Christgeist, Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit) 00:18
• 10 Recitative: Wie, wer erwecket mich? (Der Christ, Weltgeist, Christgeist) 03:56
• 11 Aria: Hat der Schopfer dieses Leben (Weltgeist) 07:14
• 12 Recitative: Dass Traume Traume sind (Der Christ) 01:28
• 13 Aria: Jener Donnerworte Kraft (Der Christ) 09:37
• 14 Recitative: Ist dieses, o so zweifle nimmermehr (Weltgeist, Der Christ, Christgeist) 01:43
• 15 Aria: Schildre einen Philosophen (Weltgeist) 05:14
• 16 Recitative: Wen hor' ich nun hier (Weltgeist, Der Christ, Christgeist) 04:06
• 17 Aria: Manches Ubel will zuweilen (Christgeist) 07:29
• 18 Recitative: Er halt mich einem Kranken gleich (Der Christ, Christgeist, Weltgeist) 02:26
• 19 Recitative: Hast du nunmehr erfahren (Barmherzigkeit, Christgeist, Gerechtigkeit) 01:11
• 20 Trio: Lasst mir eurer Gnade Schein (Christgeist, Barmherzigkeit, Gerechtigkeit) 09:36
• Total Runtime 01:24:29

Info for Mozart: Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots

The first release in a new partnership between Classical Opera and Signum Records begins with Mozart’s remarkable sacred singspiel Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, composed when he was just eleven. The music is full of tender beauty, dynamism and descriptive flair, and the young composer’s innate sense of understanding and sympathy for the human condition already shines through.

The story follows the efforts of The Spirit of Christianity (Andrew Kennedy) – aided by Divine Justice (Cora Burggraaf ) and Divine Mercy (Sarah Fox) – to win back the heart of a Lapsed Christian (Allan Clayton) as he lies fast asleep. In opposition to this however stands The Spirit of Worldliness (Sophie Bevan), who urges the Christian to forget what The Spirit shows him and to follow her pleasure-seeking philosophies. As Justice and Mercy withdraw to observe, The Spirit of Christianity seeks to win back the lapsed Christian, but will this lost soul be able to resist the temptations of indulgence and short-term satisfaction that Worldliness offers?

"After listening to this recording of such a rarity, I began to wonder whether this work has ever had a finer performance than this one. We’ll never know what Mozart’s original team sounded like, but he’d have been lucky to have assembled a team as skilful, well balanced and neatly contrasted as this one." (Music Web International)

Allan Clayton, tenor
Andrew Kennedy, tenor
Sophie Bevan, soprano
Sarah Fox, soprano
Cora Burggraaf, mezzo-soprano
The Orchestra of Classical Opera
Ian Page, conductor

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