Notes and Editorial Reviews
ERWIN SCHROTT has gained accolades from audiences and critics alike with his charismatic, seductive stage presence and his voluminous bass-baritone voice with a dark timbre. He has performed at all the great opera houses of the world in roles that demand an outstanding personality and radiance – he is generally regarded as the best contemporary interpreter of the great Mozartian roles of Don Giovanni, Leporello and Figaro. Schrott has performed at the world’s major opera houses including Theatro alla Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, Opera National de Paris, Royal Opera, Covent Gardens and many more.
On Arias, Erwin Schrott’s second album for Sony Classical, he transfers many of his stage triumphs to the album including one of
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his showpiece arias from Mozart’s Don Giovanni. Schrott devotes this new album to classics from the French and Italian bass-baritone repertoire, complimenting them with compositions by Verdi and Massenet that are rarely performed, and rounds the album off with an homage to his Spanish and Latin American roots with arias from Sorozabal and Gomes.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Les contes d'Hoffmann: Scintille diamant by Jacques Offenbach
Performer:
Erwin Schrott (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:
Daniele Rustioni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Paris, France
3.
Faust: Le veau d'or est toujours debout by Charles Gounod
Performer:
Erwin Schrott (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:
Daniele Rustioni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859; France
5.
I lombardi: Sciagurata! hai tu creduto by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Erwin Schrott (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:
Daniele Rustioni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843; Italy
6.
Attila: Mentre gonfiarsi l'anima by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Erwin Schrott (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:
Daniele Rustioni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1846; Italy
7.
I lombardi: A te nell'ora infausta by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Erwin Schrott (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:
Daniele Rustioni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843; Italy
8.
Mefistofele: Son lo spirito che nega by Arrigo Boito
Performer:
Erwin Schrott (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:
Daniele Rustioni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Italy
9.
Mefistofele: Ecco il mondo by Arrigo Boito
Performer:
Erwin Schrott (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:
Daniele Rustioni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Italy
10.
Mefistofele: Ave Signor degli angeli by Arrigo Boito
Performer:
Erwin Schrott (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:
Daniele Rustioni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna State Opera Chorus,
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Italy
11.
Salvator Rosa: Di sposo, di padre by Antonio Carlos Gomes
Performer:
Erwin Schrott (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:
Daniele Rustioni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874; Genoa, Italy
14.
Tosca: Tre sbirri, una carrozza...Te Deum by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:
Erwin Schrott (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:
Daniele Rustioni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1900; Italy
15.
Don Giovanni, K 527: Là ci darem la mano by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Erwin Schrott (Bass Baritone)
Conductor:
Daniele Rustioni
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1787
Sound Samples
Scintille, diamant (from Les contes d'Hoffmann): Scintille, diamant
Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (from Carmen): Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre
Le veau d'or (from Faust): Le veau d'or
2nd Interlude (from Don Quichotte): 2nd Interlude
O mon maître, o mon grand! (from Don Quichotte): O mon maître, o mon grand!
A te nell'ora infausta (from I Lombardi): A te nell'ora infausta
Sciagurata (from I Lombardi): Sciagurata
Mentre gonfiarsi l'anima (from Attila): Mentre gonfiarsi l'anima
Ave Signor (Chorus) (from Mefistofele): Ave Signor (Chorus)
Ave Signor (from Mefistofele): Ave Signor
Son lo spirito che nega (from Mefistofele): Son lo spirito che nega
Ecco il mondo (from Mefistofele): Ecco il mondo
Di sposo, di padre (from Salvator Rosa): Di sposo, di padre
No te acerques no me persigas (from La Tabernera del Puerto): No te acerques no me persigas
Despierta negro (from La Tabernera del Puerto): Despierta negro
Tre sbirri, una carozza... (Te Deum) (from Tosca): Tre sbirri, una carozza... (Te Deum)
Tre sbirri, una carozza... (Te Deum) (from Tosca): Tre sbirri, una carozza... (Te Deum)
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