Olga Peretyatko / Sinfonieorchester Basel / Ivor Bolton MOZART +

The Russian soprano has selected some of Mozart's most beautiful opera and concert arias, as well as discoveries of largely unknown pieces from operas by Tommaso Traetta, Giovanni Paisiello and Vicente Martín y Soler, reflecting the exchange of musical ideas between Mozart and his contemporaries and getting these three composers out of Mozart's shadow. Ms. Peretyatko chose arias from the well-known operas Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni and La Clemenza di Tito by Mozart and combined these with arias from rather forgotten operas such as Antigona by Traetta, Il barbiere di Siviglia by Paisiello as well as Il burbero di buon cuore by Soler. The connection between Mozart and Soler becomes obvious, as the recording also includes two insertion arias (K582 and K583) by Mozart, which he had written for the revival of "Il burbero di buon cuore". Mozart+ is Peretyatko's second collaboration with the Sinfonieorchester Basel and Ivor Bolton as the conductor, after the highly acclaimed recording The Secret Fauré (2018).