This is one of the most successful and stylish of Don Giovanni recordings. Having sung Donna Anna in her early (Giulini) recording, Sutherland here is, if anything, even more spine-tingling in this role. Bonynge and the English Chamber Orchestra, together with the Ambrosian Singers, really deliver the goods and the rest of the stellar cast includes Marilyn Horne as a creamy Zerlina, Gabriel Bacquier as a Don-on-heat, Donald Gramm as his long-suffering servant, Leporello with Werner Krenn as a honeyed Ottavio and Clifford Grant as the imposing Commendatore.
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Don Giovanni (Highlights)
Madamina, il catalogo e questo
La ci darem la mano
Or sai chi l’onore
Dalla sua pace
Finch’ han dal vino
Batti, batti, o bel Masetto
Venite pur avanti
Deh, vieni alla finestra
Vedrai, carino
Il mio tesoro
In quali eccessi
Non mi dir, bell’ idol mio
Don Giovanni, a cenar teco
Questo e il fin
Gabriel Bacquier
Joan Sutherland
Pilar Lorengar
Werner Krenn
Donald Gram
Marilyn Horne
Leonardo Monreale
Clifford Grant
Ambrosian Singers
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge