Così fan tutte KV 588 (in English)
Sir Charles Mackerras, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Janice Watson (Soprano), Diana Montague (Mezzo-soprano), Christopher Maltman (Baritone), Toby Spence (Tenor), Lesley Garrett (Soprano), Thomas S. Allen (Baritone)
℗ 2008
- 04:07Overture
Act I
- 01:531. Trio: Suspect Dorabella? (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
- 00:512. Recitative: Swords or pistols? (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
- 01:103. Trio: Woman's faith is like a phoenix (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo)
- 01:194. Recitative: A poetical fiction! (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
- 02:215. Trio: I shall hire a band of players (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
- 04:196. Duet: This portrait alone is the face of Adonis (Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
- 00:457. Recitative: I can't think what's the matter (Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
- 00:238. Recitative: Here they are (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
- 00:389. Aria: Let me try. My courage fails (Don Alfonso)
- 01:0110. Recitative: Tell us, for pity's sake (Fiordiligi, Don Alfonso, Dorabella)
- 04:0711. Quintet: Courage fails me! For no evasion (Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
- 00:3412. Recitative: It's a comedy, charming! (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
- 01:3013. Oh, the soldier's life for me! (Chorus)
- 00:3514. Recitative: My friends, the time is flying (Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo)
- 02:3215. Quintet: You'll write long letters often (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Chorus)
- 00:3616. Recitative: Are they gone? (Dorabella, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi)
- 02:4417. Trio: O wind gently blowing (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)
- 01:0518. Recitative: So far all's going splendidly (Don Alfonso)
- 00:5819. Recitative: A hell of an existence (Despina)
- 01:2520. Recitative: My ladies, here is your chocolate and biscuits (Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
- 01:4721. Aria: Cease not, remorseless love (Dorabella)
- 01:3622. Recitative: Signora Dorabella, Signora Fiordiligi (Despina, Dorabella, Fiordiligi)
- 02:3723. Aria: In lovers and in soldiers (Despina)
- 02:2124. Recitative: What a silence! (Don Alfonso, Despina)
- 04:1925. Sextet: I've the honour to present you (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
- 03:3926. Recitative: What an outcry! (Don Alfonso, Dorabella, Fiordiligi, Ferrando, Guglielmo)
- 04:2927. Aria: Like a fortress in ocean founded (Fiordiligi)
- 00:4428. Recitative: Stay, I implore you! (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Dorabella, Fiordiligi)
- 01:4329. Aria: O vision so charming (Guglielmo)
- 00:5330. Trio: You seem delighted! (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo)
- 00:5331. Recitative: When you've quite finished laughing (Don Alfonso, Guglielmo, Ferrando)
- 04:5232. Aria: Her eye so alluring (Ferrando)
- 02:5533. Finale: Why has fate my life enshrouded (Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
- 04:5534. Finale: To die is all I long for (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina)
- 08:5935. Finale: Now ladies, calm yourselves (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
Act II
- 02:271. Recitative: Well, I declare, you are a funny pair of ladies (Despina, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
- 03:282. Aria: At fifteen a girl already must be truly wise (Despina)
- 01:343. Recitative: Well, sister! What do you think? (Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
- 02:534. Duet: I prefer the gentle dark one (Dorabella, Fiordiligi)
- 00:235. Recitative: Come at once to the garden (Don Alfonso, Dorabella)
- 03:046. Duet and Chorus: Gentle zephyr, softly sighing (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Chorus)
- 00:527. Recitative: What is this masquerading? (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
- 02:348. Quartet: Now give me your hand (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina)
- 02:159. Recitative: Isn't the weather lovely! (Fiordiligi, Ferrando, Dorabella, Guglielmo)
- 04:1610. Duet: This heart that I give you (Guglielmo, Dorabella)
- 01:3011. Recitative: Cruel one, would you leave me? (Ferrando, Fiordiligi)
- 01:3412. Recitative: He's leaving. Listen! … (Fiordiligi)
- 07:3213. Rondo: Ah, my love, I pray forgive me (Fiordiligi)
- 03:2914. We've done it! (Ferrando, Guglielmo)
- 03:1315. Aria: Ladies have such variations (Guglielmo)
- 01:3016. Recitative: Ah! My brain is distracted! (Ferrando)
- 02:0217. Cavatina: Her treason is poison (Ferrando)
- 01:3118. Recitative: Now at least you are acting as a sane woman should (Despina, Dorabella, Fiordiligi)
- 02:5619. Aria: Young love is unrelenting (Dorabella)
- 02:1020. Recitative: All the world is conspiring (Fiordiligi, Guglielmo, Despina, Don Alfonso)
- 05:1221. Duet: All too slowly the hours are fleeting (Fiordiligi, Ferrando)
- 01:4022. Recitative: That's enough for me! (Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Ferrando)
- 01:0023. Aria: Man accuses the woman (Don Alfonso, Ferrando, Guglielmo)
- 00:4524. Recitative: Well, gentlemen, you've won them (Despina, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
- 01:4825. Finale: Come, my friends, no more delaying (Despina, Chorus, Don Alfonso)
- 04:0426. Finale: May the love, that has united them (Chorus, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Fiordiligi, Dorabella)
- 03:2927. Finale: Happy lovers! Fate conniving (Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Despina, Chorus)
- 08:1228. Finale: Joy once more now our sorrow replaces (Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso, Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina)
- 01:4429. Finale: Happy is the man who calmly takes life strictly as he finds it (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Despina, Ferrando, Guglielmo, Don Alfonso)
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