Mozart Operas by Gardiner Archiv 18CDs

All seven operas are brought together in a compact 18-CD box set, offered at a super value price, in a Limited Edition of just 10,000 sets. John Eliot Gardiner's outstanding series of recordings of the seven mature Mozart operas took the musical world by storm in the 1990s.They set new standards of singing and orchestral performance , bringing a new dimension to these great works in their vitality and vividness - and making them natural first choices for the consumer. THE SET COMPRISES:
* Idomeneo : "Unless and until further research proves otherwise, this version will remain the definitive recording of Mozart's early masterpiece for a long time to come ... Gardiner's reading is in almost every respect profoundly satisfying" (Gramophone)
* The Abduction from the Seraglio : "The overture immediately establishes the extra zest of the performance. So Konstanze's great heroic aria Martern aller Arten has tremendous swagger; thanks also to the glorious singing from Luba Organasova, at once rich, pure and agile, the close is triumphant." (Penguin Guide)
* The Marriage of Figaro : "Bryn Terfel and Alison Hagley make an outstanding Figaro and Susanna ... Hillevi Martinpelto's unaffected, youthful sounding Countess ... Rodney Gilfry provides a Count with plenty of fire and authority ... so much more a realization of the work than simply a performance of its music." (Gramophone)
* Don Giovanni : "Vividly dramatic, beautifully paced and deeply expressive. The performance culminates in one of the thrilling accounts ever recorded of the final scene ... A recording that sets new standards for period performance and view with the finest of traditional versions." (Penguin Guide)
* Così fan tutte : "The full flavour of Così, its effervescence as well as its deeper qualities, comes over more intensely as a result ...The poise and technical assurance of all the singers, not least Rodney Gilfry as Guglielmo, put this among the finest versions of Così." (Penguin Guide)
* La clemenza di Tito : "Here we are present at a live performance on period instruments. The difference in dramatic electricity is most marked ...Above all there is an overriding sense of a true ensemble with chorus, orchestra and soloists in complete harmony" (Gramophone)
* The Magic Flute : "An electrifying account ... Gardiner is helped enormously by his choice of singer as Pamina, a young German soprano with a ravishingly pure and sweet voice, flawlessly controlled, Christiane Oelze." IN OTHER WORDS, A MUST-HAVE! PACKAGING and PRICE.