German soprano Mojca Erdmann made her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Zaide and has gone on to build an international career in diverse repertoire that includes Haydn, Weber, Mahler, Ravel, Strauss, Britten, Ligeti, Reimann, and Takemitsu. Her voice seems ideally suited to the music of her debut album, Mozart's Garden, a selection of arias of the Classical era by Mozart and some of his near contemporaries ranging from familiar names like Salieri, Paisiello, and J.C. Bach to the very obscure Ignaz ...
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German soprano Mojca Erdmann made her debut at the 2006 Salzburg Festival in the title role of Zaide and has gone on to build an international career in diverse repertoire that includes Haydn, Weber, Mahler, Ravel, Strauss, Britten, Ligeti, Reimann, and Takemitsu. Her voice seems ideally suited to the music of her debut album, Mozart's Garden, a selection of arias of the Classical era by Mozart and some of his near contemporaries ranging from familiar names like Salieri, Paisiello, and J.C. Bach to the very obscure Ignaz Holzbauer. Erdmann brings secure technique, a warm, caressing tone that's well supported throughout her range, and plenty of personality to this varied selection of arias. She's entirely at home in lyrical pieces like "Ach, ich fühl's" and "Batti, batti, o bel Masetto," which she sings with limpid poise. Other arias that showcase this warmly melodic aspect of her voice and delivery include the lovely "Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben," from Zaide and "Ihr Rosenstunden," from Holzbauer's...
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