Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
Almost all the Mozart arias can be heard on YouTube - see links below.
The links often lead to numerous performances of the same work,
which show interesting differences in style.
Reference: Ward MK, Mozart and the bassoon. Music and Letters 1949; 30: 8-25.
La Finta Giardiniera KV 196
Aria #18 “Ach, schmeichelhafte Hoffnung”,
Soprano, 2 fagotti, strings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXZ3UQtb9qY
Popoli di Tessaglia Aria KV 316 (300b)
Soprano, oboe, fagotto, strings, 2 horns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieauxN9udUc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hkf4T-4fME&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HtNxO0cV8w&feature=related
The first performance from 1956, demonstrates the art of Fernand Oubradous, the
second is a modern performance from Lyon (Carlo Colombo)
Mass in C KV 337
Agnus Dei,
Soprano, oboe, fagotto, organ, 2 vln, continuo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gjTHRHoqfg
Vesperae solennes de confessore KV 339
Laudate dominum.
Soprano, SATB, strings, fagotto ad libitum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U380J_NHqs&feature=fvw
Zaide KV 344 (336b)
Aria #3 “Ruhe sanft”
Soprano, oboe solo, fagotto solo, strings.
http://www.nme.com/awards/video/id/CrT5ErjxP8w/search/ruhe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhXUlCVLgdg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFQA11j39EI&feature=relate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7hYo1gecBM&feature=related
Idomeneo KV 366
Aria #11 “Se il padre perdei”
Soprano, obbl flute, oboe, fagotto, horn, strings
Keyboard reduction on-line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8gs2LbCmpc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCl4ORpil80
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x4lQfuChfw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaR84b8Mdrg&feature=related
Nehmt meinen Dank Aria KV 383
Soprano, flauto, oboe, fagotto, strings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rxR5xKUiWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9egR7fT6D8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpvBTkrNNKk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JzTXdkG71I&feature=related
Mass in C KV 427 Et incarnatus est,
Soprano, flute, oboe, fagotto, strings, continuo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJJT108WZ7o&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w94olqcuFZw&feature=related
Davide penitente K 469 “A te, fra tanti affanni”
“In you, in such tribulation, I sought mercy O Lord”
Tenor, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, orch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QLqn1Zv6NI&feature=related
"Tra l'oscure ombre funeste", soprano, orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkcLWJB-c70
Carus Verlag 51.469
Mandina amabile, Terzetto KV 480
Soprano, tenor, bass, 2 clarinets, 2 fagotti, orch
Marriage of Figaro KV 492
Duettino Act 3 "Che soave" 'Wenn des Abends Zefiretten"
Two Sopranos, oboe, bassoon, strings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr-_JmwifMA (+1.10 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7LZVc86NEk (+7.10 min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv0Abvvv2yU
Aria Act 4 Aria “O säume nicht” “Deh vieni”
Soprano, flute, oboe, bassoon, strings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOjSPxzY37s&feature=related (+1.25 min)
Two arias substituted into the Wiener Aufführung, 1789:
Aria Act 2 "Un mota di gioia" "An emotion of joy"
Soprano, flute, oboe, bassoon, strings, horns
Substituted for "Venite inginocchiatevi", also in some modern performances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPQHrPPxsRQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrYbkrphcos
Aria Act 4 "Al desio di chi t'adora" "To the desire of she who adores you"
Soprano, 2 basset horns, bassoon, horn, strings
Substituted for "Deh vieni", also in some modern performances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13WG0oP9pDs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Hshwi9wVY&feature=related
Both "exchange" arias are in the Neue Mozart Ausgabe, Figaro vol 2, pp 597-617.
Reference: Parker, R. "Remaking the song" Univ Calif Press 2006, pp 42-66.
Acis and Galatea K 566 (after Handel)
"Schäfer, was suchst du so ängstlich", tenor, bassoons, strings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXLYPHR1PtU
“Strebst du nach der zarten Schönen”, tenor, flute, bassoon, strings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAMuekwHB5c&feature=related
Aria and chorus “So ist mein Acis denn dahin”
Soprano, ATTB, clarinets, bassoons, horns, strings.
Cosi fan tutti KV 588
Aria, Despina, Act 2, #19, “Schon ein Mädchen von fünfzehn Jahren”
“Una donna a quindici anni” “At fifteen a woman should know the ways of the world”
Soprano, flute, bassoon, horns, strings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi70jIM_mxw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1A4JXgOfh0&feature=related
Score
Commentary
Mozart adaptations
Requiem KV 626 Tuba mirum with fagotto solo
Version published 1800 by Breitkopf and Härtel Leipzig.
(Trombone plays only the introductory chords.)
Stadtbibliothek zu Leipzig PM 6981 Score on-line.
Performance of Tuba Mirum with fagotto solo, YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjxpwMl662M&feature=related
Aria “Mens sancta Deo”, soprano, fagotto solo, orch
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8V5zOykSoI
Aria “Plasmator Deus”, soprano, fagotto solo, orch
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZhrj9DebqM
(the second aria is a resetting of “Se il padre perdei” from Idomeneo).
Original sources of these two arias remain unidentified; settings for soprano with bassoon
and organ have been prepared by Wolfgang Kleber, Darmstadt. wkleber@web.de
Both arias on CD: Arts Archives 43012-2 63m, “Unbekannte Arien für Sopran”, tracks 4&8
La Clemenza di Tito KV 621
Das Dramaturgisches Wochenblatt, Zweiter Jahrgang Nr.14.
Berlin Sonnabends am 5. Oktober 1816 p.106, contains the following critique:
“Den 28sten September: Titus, Oper von Mozart, in zwei Akten. Mad. Schulz sang
die grosse Scene der Vitellia mit obligatem Fagott (sehr gut ausgeführt) anstatt
des Basset-Hornes, mit Ausdrück des tiefen Gefühls, nur zu oft schleppend
im Zeitmaass”
“Madame Schulz sang Vitellia’s big scene with obbligato bassoon (very well played) instead of the basset horn, with expression and deep feeling, only too often with dragging rhythm.”
The performance material has not yet been found.