Mozart: Betulia liberata, Muti (3-DVD)

Discs: 3
Record Label: RMMusic
Release Year: 2018

“Refined and profound homage to Neapolitans less known than those in fashion today, this triptych tells the glories of the Italian capital of music . . . Muti delivers the subtlest poetry.” — Il Sole 24 Ore

Riccardo Muti leads the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini in Paisiello’s Missa defunctorum and two settings of Pietro Metastasio’s Betulia liberata with video introductions by Maestro Muti. Subtitled in English.

Paisiello Missa defunctorum
Riccardo Muti conductor
Beatriz Diaz soprano
Arianna Venditelli soprano
Lucia Napoli soprano
Anna Malavasi mezzo-soprano
Alessandra Visentin alto
Juan Francisco Gatell tenor
Baltazar Zúñiga tenor
Nahuel Di Pierro bass
Dragoljub Bajic’ bass
Raffaele Pisani bass
Fabrizio Da Ros bass
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini
La Stagione Armonica
Sergio Balestracci chorus master
Basilica of Saint Apollinaris in Classe, Ravenna

Mozart Betulia liberata, K. 118
Riccardo Muti conductor
Michael Spyres Ozìa
Alisa Kolosova giuditta
Marta Vandoni Iorio Amital
Nahuel di Pierro Achior
Barbara Bargnesi Cabri
Arianna Vendittelli Carmi
Speranza Scappucci harpsichord
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini
Vienna Philharmonia Chorus
Walter Zeh chorus master
Teatro Alighieri, Ravenna

Jommelli Betulia liberata
Riccardo Muti conductor
Laura Polverelli Giuditta
Antonio Giovannini Ozìa
Dmitry Korchak Carmi
Vito Priante Achior
Vittorio Ghilemi viola da gamba
Marta Gramolino harp
Simone Gulli keyboards
Matteo Riboldi keyboards
Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini
Vienna Philharmonia Chorus
Walter Zeh chorus master
Basilica of Saint Apollinaris in Classe, Ravenna