Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 1: No. 1 - Introduzione: 'Notte e giorne faticar' (Leporello, Donna Anna, Don Giovanni, Il Commendatore)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 2: Recitativo: 'Leporello, ove sei?' (Don Giovanni, Leporello)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 3: Recitativo: 'Ah! del padre in periglio' (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 3: N. 2 - Recitativo accompagnato e duetto - Recitativo accompagnato (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 3: Duetto: 'Fuggi, crudele, fuggi!' (Donna Anna, Don Ottavio)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 4: Recitativo: 'Orsu, spicciati presto' (Don Giovanni, Leporello)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 5: N. 3 Aria: 'Ah! chi mi dice mai' (Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Leporello)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 5: Recitativo: 'Chi e la?' (Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Leporello)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 5: N. 4 Aria: 'Madamina, il catalogo e questo' (Leporello)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 6: Recitativo: 'In questa forma' (Donna Elvira)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 7: N. 5 Coro: 'Giovinette che fate all'amore' (Zerlina, Masetto)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 8: Recitativo: 'Manco male, e partita' (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Zerlina, Masetto)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 8: N. 6 Aria: 'Ho capito, signor, si!' (Masetto)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 9: Recitativo: 'Alfin siamo liberati' (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 9: N. 7 Duettino: 'La ci darem la manto' (Don Giovanni, Zerlina)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 10: Recitativo: 'Fermati, scellerato!' (Donna Elvira, Zerlina, Don Giovanni)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 10: N. 8 Aria: 'Ah, fuggi il traditor' (Donna Elvira)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 11: Recitativo: 'Mi par ch'oggi il demonio si diverta' (Don Giovanni, Don Ottavio, Donna Anna)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 12: N. 9 Quartetto 'Non ti fidar, o misera' (Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Donna Anna, Don Giovanni)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 12: Recitativo: 'Povera sventurata!'
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 13: N. 10 Recitativo accompagnato ed aria - Recitativo accompagnato 'Don Ottavio...son morta!' (Donna Anna)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 13: Aria: 'Or sai chi l'onore' (Donna Anna)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 14: Recitativo: 'Come mai creder deggio' (Don Ottavio)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 14: N. 10a Aria: 'Dalla sua pace' (Don Ottavio)
Track Listings (23) - Disc #2
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 15: Recitativo: 'Io deggio ad ogni patto' (Leporello, Don Giovanni)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 15: N. 11 Aria: 'Fin ch'han dal vino' (Don Giovanni)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 16: Recitativo: 'Masetto...' (Zerlina, Masetto)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 16: N. 12 Aria: 'Batti, batti, o bel Masetto' (Zerlina)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 16: Recitativo: 'Guarda un po' come sepe' (Masetto, Don Giovanni, Zerlina)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act One: Scene 17-21: N. 13 Finale: 'Presto, presto, pria ch'ei venga' (All)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 1: N. 14 Duetto: 'Eh, via, buffone' (Don Giovanni, Leporello)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 1: Recitativo: 'Leporello' (Don Giovanni, Leporello)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 2: N. 15 Terzetto: 'Ah, taci, ingiusto core' (Donna Elvira, Leporello, Don Giovanni)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 2: Recitativo: 'Amico, che ti par?' (Don Giovanni, Leporello)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 3: Recitativo: 'Eccomi a voi' (Donna Elvira, Don Giovanni, Leporello)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 3: N. 16 - Canzonetta: 'Deh, vieni alla finestra' (Don Giovanni)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 4: 'V'e gente alla finestra' (Don Giovanni, Masetto)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 4: N. 17 Aria: 'Meta di voi qua vadano' (Don Giovanni)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 5: Recitativo: 'Zitto...' (Don Giovanni, Masetto)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 6: Recitativo: 'Ahi ! Ahi !' (Masetto, Zerlina)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 6: N. 18 Aria: 'Vedrai, carino' (Zerlina)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 7-8: Recitativo: 'Di molte faci il lune' (Leporello, Donna Elvira)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 7-8: N. 19 Sestetto: 'Sola sola, in buio loco' (Zerlina, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Masetto)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 9: Recitativo: 'Dunque, quello sei tu' (Zerlina, Donna Elvira, Don Ottavio, Masetto)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 9: N. 20 Aria: 'Ah, pieta, signori miei!' (Leporello)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 10: Recitativo: 'Ferma, perfido!' (Donna Elvira, Masetto, Zerlina, Don Ottavio)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 10: N. 21 Aria: 'Il mio tesoro intanto' (Ottavio, Zerlina, Donna Elvira, Masetto)
Track Listings (9) - Disc #3
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 10: N. 21b Recitativo accompagnato ed aria: Recitativo: 'In quali eccessi, o Numi' (Donna Elvira)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 10: N. 21b Recitativo accompagnato ed aria: Aria: 'Mi tradi, quell'alma ingrata' (Donna Elvira)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 11: N. 21b Recitativo accompagnato ed aria: Recitativo: 'Ah! Ah! questa e buona!' (Don Giovanni, Leporello, Il Commendatore)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 11: N. 22 Duetto: 'O statua gentilissima' (Leporello, Don Giovanni, Il Commendatore)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 12: Recitativo: 'Calmatevi, idol mio' (Don Ottavio, Donna Anna)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 12: N. 23 Recitativo Accompagnato e rondo: Recitativo: 'Crudele!' (Donna Anna)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 12: N. 23 Recitativo Accompagnato e rondo: Rondo: 'Non mi dir, bell'idol mio' (Donna Anna)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 12: N. 23 Recitativo Accompagnato e rondo: Recitativo: 'Ah, si segua il suo passo' (Don Ottavio)
Don Giovanni KV 527: Act Two: Scene 13-16: N. 24 Finale: 'Gia la mensa e preparato' (All)
"For some reason, Daniel Barenboim's recordings of the Mozart-Da Ponte masterpieces have been overlooked. All three have splendid casts - and among them, this may be the least spectacular, but it is nonetheless a wonderful performance.
Joan Rodgers has a gorgeous voice, and sings Zerlina with radiant and womanly warmth - no voce infantile here, thank the gods. It's a pity she hasn't recorded more. She is, fortunately, in Barenboim's two other Mozart-Da Ponte operas, singing her heart out as Susanna and Despina.
Furlanetto has an interesting take on the role of the Don. He usually sings Leprello, but here he sings the part of Don Giovanni with a rather unique interpretation. He plays the Don as somewhat of a fool, with more of a comic slant than I have ever heard. But humor was part of Mozart's original intention, and the Don does have his roots in street theater, so in this case a buffo Don works.
Tomlinson as Leporello is more of the Don's straight man, and there seems to be a bit of role reversal going on here between the clownish Don and his more dignified servant. Tomlinson's voice can be, I think, rather boring - a kind of voice-in-a-box, like Samuel Ramey. Good, strong, accurate, but not much drama or artfulness.
Ewe Heilmann's ravishingly beautiful Mozartian tenor voice adds a welcome dimension of eros to the role of the too-often bland and wimpy Don Ottavio. Waltraud Meier's Donna Elvira, though occassionally a bit on the shrill side, and Leila Cuberli's Donna Anna are both rich, full-bodied, exciting and very womanly. Barenboim seems to have a talent for drawing out highly passionate responses from women. It must be his Scorpio........
There are many great recordings of this magnificent opera. Especially if you go off the beaten path and get away from the Giulini crowd, you'll discover a large number of rare but excellent performances, many of them live. Among these musical feasts are the three Furtwanglers, Busch, Haitink on EMI, Bohm's phenomenal 1955 German-language version on RCA Red Seal (I usually avoid translated performances but this is such an exceptional performance the German can be overlooked), Guild's offering conducted by Breisach with Zinka Milanov's superlative Donna Anna (you won't believe that she can sing like this!), Szell's 1944 performance on Archipel, and on the Naxos Historical series, Bruno Walter with Alexander Kipnis' very Russian and very funny Leporello. The last three all feature Ezio Pinza as the Don.
Add Barenboim's performance to this more exotic list of Don Giovannis and you'll have quite a variety of interpretations from highly gifted artists. Some of Barenboim's opera recordings are outstanding for their dramatic content, the tightness of the performance, and his excellent taste in singers."