Shortly after Mozart arrived in Vienna, the emperor commissioned him to compose the opera The Abduction From The Seraglio. The leading soprano was Salieri's own mistress Caterina Cavalieri (who he took to see Die Zauberflote with). Mozart even said he was to reduce the music because it was to difficult for her, but what a stunning aria!
Enjoy
Requiem
Sir Georg Solti
Wiener Philharmonic
Joan Sutherland Soprano
Luciano Pavarotti Tenor
Marilyn Horne Mezzo Soprano
Martti Talvela Bass
Recorded 1967
Act 4 Part 4
http://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=HWZ-gb IPKnU
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Le Nozze Di Figaro k. 492
Hermann Prey Figaro
Mirella Freni Sussana
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Count
Kiri Te Kanawa Countess
Maria Ewing Cherubin d'amore
Karl Bohm Conductor
Film By
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Luca Pisaronin Guglielmo
Miah Persson Fiordiligi
Topi Lehtipuu Ferrando
Anke Vondung Dorabella
Ainhoa Garmendia Despina
Nicolas Rivenq Don Alfonso
Glyndebourne 2006
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Conductor Ivan Fischer
Director Nicholas Hytner
Designer Vicki Mortimer
For all you lovers of loud noises
Requiem
Sir Georg Solti
Wiener Philharmonic
Joan Sutherland Soprano
Luciano Pavarotti Tenor
Marilyn Horne Mezzo Soprano
Martti Talvela Bass
Recorded 1967