Mozart, W.A.: Cosi Fan Tutte (Sung in English)

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Cosi fan tutte, K. 588 (Sung in English) (more info)
Performed by: London Symphony Orchestra Age of Enlightenment Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Charles Mackerras Richard Hickox Walter Weller David Parry Steven White
Thomas Allen, baritone
Alan Opie, baritone
Janice Watson, soprano
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Elizabeth Futtal, soprano
Orla Boylan,
Lesley Garrett, soprano
Toby Spence, tenor
Christopher Maltman, baritone
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano


1.   Overture - 4:05
2.   Act I: Trio: Suspect Dorabella? (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso) - 1:53
3.   Act I: Recitative: Swords or pistols? (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso) - 0:50
4.   Act I: Trio: Woman's faith is like a phoenix (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo) - 1:09
5.   Act I: Recitative: A poetical fiction! (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso) - 1:19
6.   Act I: Trio: I shall hire a band of players (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso) - 2:21
7.   Act I: Duet: This portrait alone is the face of Adonis (Fiordiligi, Dorabella) - 4:18
8.   Act I: Recitative: I can't think what's the matter (Fiordiligi, Dorabella) - 0:44
9.   Act I: Recitative: Here they are (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso) - 0:22
10.   Act I: Aria: Let me try. My courage fails (Don Alfonso) - 0:38
11.   Act I: Recitative: Tell us, for pity's sake (Fiordiligi, Don Alfonso, Dorabella) - 1:00
12.   Act I: Quintet: Courage fails me! For no evasion (Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella) - 4:07
13.   Act I: Recitative: It's a comedy, charming! (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Fiordiligi, Dorabella) - 0:33
14.   Act I: Oh, the soldier's life for me! (Chorus) - 1:30
15.   Act I: Recitative: My friends, the time is flying (Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo) - 0:34
16.   Act I: Quintet: You'll write long letters often (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Chorus) - 2:32
17.   Act I: Recitative: Are they gone? (Dorabella, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi) - 0:35
18.   Act I: Trio: O wind gently blowing (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso) - 2:43
19.   Act I: Recitative: So far all's going splendidly (Don Alfonso) - 1:05
20.   Act I: Recitative: A hell of an existence (Despina) - 0:58
21.   Act I: Recitative: My ladies, here is your chocolate and biscuits (Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella) - 1:24
22.   Act I: Aria: Cease not, remorseless love (Dorabella) - 1:46
23.   Act I: Recitative: Signora Dorabella, Signora Fiordiligi (Despina, Dorabella, Fiordiligi) - 1:36
24.   Act I: Aria: In lovers and in soldiers (Despina) - 2:36
25.   Act I: Recitative: What a silence! (Don Alfonso, Despina) - 2:21
26.   Act I: Sextet: I've the honour to present you (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella) - 4:18
27.   Act I: Recitative: What an outcry! (Don Alfonso, Dorabella, Fiordiligi, Ferrando, Guglielmo) - 3:38
28.   Act I: Aria: Like a fortress in ocean founded (Fiordiligi) - 4:28
29.   Act I: Recitative: Stay, I implore you! (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Dorabella, Fiordiligi) - 0:43
30.   Act I: Aria: O vision so charming (Guglielmo) - 1:42
31.   Act I: Trio: You seem delighted! (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo) - 0:53
32.   Act I: Recitative: When you've quite finished laughing (Don Alfonso, Guglielmo, Ferrando) - 0:52
33.   Act I: Aria: Her eye so alluring (Ferrando) - 4:50

Cosi fan tutte, K. 588 (Sung in English) (more info)
Performed by: London Symphony Orchestra Age of Enlightenment Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Charles Mackerras Richard Hickox Walter Weller David Parry Steven White
Thomas Allen, baritone
Alan Opie, baritone
Janice Watson, soprano
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Elizabeth Futtal, soprano
Orla Boylan,
Lesley Garrett, soprano
Toby Spence, tenor
Christopher Maltman, baritone
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano


1.   Act I: Finale: Why has fate my life enshrouded (Fiordiligi, Dorabella) - 2:53
2.   Act I: Finale: To die is all I long for (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina) - 4:55
3.   Act I: Finale: Now ladies, calm yourselves (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella) - 8:50
4.   Act II: Recitative: Well, I declare, you are a funny pair of ladies (Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella) - 2:26
5.   Act II: Aria: At fifteen a girl already must be truly wise (Despina) - 3:28
6.   Act II: Recitative: Well, sister! What do you think? (Fiordiligi, Dorabella) - 1:34
7.   Act II: Duet: I prefer the gentle dark one (Dorabella, Fiordiligi) - 2:53
8.   Act II: Recitative: Come at one to the garden (Don Alfonso, Dorabella) - 0:22
9.   Act II: Duet and Chorus: Gentle zephyr, softly sighing (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Chorus) - 3:03
10.   Act II: Recitative: What is this masquerading? (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso) - 0:51
11.   Act II: Quartet: Now give me your hand (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina) - 2:34
12.   Act II: Recitative: Isn't the weather lovely! (Fiordiligi, Ferrando, Dorabella, Guglielmo) - 2:14
13.   Act II: Duet: This heart that I give you (Guglielmo, Dorabella) - 4:16
14.   Act II: Recitative: Cruel one, would you leave me? (Ferrando, Fiordiligi) - 1:30
15.   Act II: Recitative: He's leaving. Listen! … (Fiordiligi) - 1:34
16.   Act II: Rondo: Ah, my love, I pray forgive me (Fiordiligi) - 7:30

Cosi fan tutte, K. 588 (Sung in English) (more info)
Performed by: London Symphony Orchestra Age of Enlightenment Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conducted by: Charles Mackerras Richard Hickox Walter Weller David Parry Steven White
Thomas Allen, baritone
Alan Opie, baritone
Janice Watson, soprano
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Bruce Ford, tenor
Elizabeth Futtal, soprano
Orla Boylan,
Lesley Garrett, soprano
Toby Spence, tenor
Christopher Maltman, baritone
Diana Montague, mezzo-soprano


1.   Act II: We've done it! (Ferrando, Guglielmo) - 3:26
2.   Act II: Aria: Ladies have such variations (Guglielmo) - 3:12
3.   Act II: Recitative: Ah! My brain is distracted! (Ferrando) - 1:29
4.   Act II: Cavatina: Her treason is poison (Ferrando) - 2:02
5.   Act II: Recitative: Now at least you are acting as a sane woman should (Despina, Dorabella, Fiordiligi) - 1:30
6.   Act II: Aria: Young love is unrelenting (Dorabella) - 2:55
7.   Act II: Recitative: All the world is conspiring (Fiordiligi, Guglielmo, Despina, Don Alfonso) - 2:10
8.   Act II: Duet: All too slowly the hours are fleeting (Fiordiligi, Ferrando) - 5:11
9.   Act II: Recitative: That's enough for me! (Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Ferrando) - 1:40
10.   Act II: Aria: Man accuses the woman (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo) - 0:59
11.   Act II: Recitative: Well, gentlemen, you've won them (Despina, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso) - 0:44
12.   Act II: Finale: Come, my friends, no more delaying (Despina, Chorus, Don Alfonso) - 1:47
13.   Act II: Finale: May the love, that has united then (Chorus, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Fiordiligi, Dorabella) - 4:03
14.   Act II: Finale: Happy lovers! Fate conniving (Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina, Chorus) - 3:29
15.   Act II: Finale: Joy once more now our sorrow replaces (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina) - 8:11
16.   Act II: Finale: Happy is the man who calmly takes life strictly as he finds it (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso) - 1:42

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