![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, I note neither of those things, and what's wrong with young singers in a work written by a 12-year-old boy? As for the music, it has enough invention to make for worthwhile listening. I see that in 1987 SS found a "samishness" and "sexlessness" in the voices and felt that the young artists placed the opera on a puerile level. They are delightful and characterful singers who put over the dialogue with charm and mostly with intelligence, though Georg Nigh muffs a line on track 15. This is without historical justification, but since they are from the Vienna Boys' Choir and the only characters, I am perfectly happy for this to be so. The composer wrote the piece for tenor and soprano, but here two trebles sing the roles of the two lovers, while a boy alto is the 'pretended sorcerer' Colas. The French-sounding names of its principals are explained by the story's origin in a piece by Rousseau. The boy Mozart wrote Bastien und Bustienne, his German Singspiel, in 1768 in response to a commission from Dr Mesmer, the founder of hypnotism, and it may have had its premiere in his house in Vienna that autumn. Performer: Georg Nigl (Boy Soprano), David Busch (Boy Alto), Dominik Orieschnig (Boy Soprano) Bastien und Bastienne, K 50 (46a) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestraġ. Performer: Georg Nigl, David Busch, Dominik Orieschnig, Walter Wurdlinger Label: Philips Catalog #: 69 0241 Spars Code: ADD ![]()
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