Mozart / Gerhaher - Mozart Arias

Christian Gerhaher: the most moving singer in the world." (The Telegraph) "Christian Gerhaher shows best how to bring Opera to life." (Süddeutsche Zeitung, "Don Giovanni) "Even the beauty of his smooth baritone, as supple as buttery leather, becomes subordinated to the clarity of a given text and it's inherent tone color. And yet the emotional effect on the audience is unmistakable. Several audience members dabbed away tears [...]." (The New York Times) One of the world's foremost Lied singers of today devotes a complete album to Mozart, together with one of the top period instrument ensembles, the Freiburger Barockorchester. Having sung all other roles on stage with enormous success (Salzburg Festival, Munich State Opera and just recently Frankfurt Opera) Christian Gerhaher sings the famous Leporello aria for the first time. The album features all the big baritone arias from Mozart's most well-known operas. Incorporating by Kristian Bezuidenhout and Avi Avital the Freiburger Barockorchester has a long and distinguished career as an Mozart orchestra, including numerous recordings under the baton of René Jacobs Together with the Freiburger Barockorchester, Christian Gerhaher will present the CD repertoire in October 2015 (Luxembourg) and February 2016 including Cologne (Germany), Vienna (Austria), Budapest (Hungary), New York (US), Cornell (US) and Dublin (Ireland) (exact dates and more information to follow)