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Probably Mozart's most famous early composition; Exsultate Jubilate was written in 1773 for the castrato Venanzio Rauzzini. These days it is a popular concert piece for sopranos. This collection of videos is a comparison of different singers singing the first aria from Exsultate Jubilate:
Barbara Bonney (Conductor: Trevor Pinnock)
Sylvia McNair (Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner)
Emma Kirkby (Conductor: Christopher Hogwood)
Kiri Te Kanawa (Conductor: Colin Davis)
Kathleen Battle (Conductor: André Previn)
Sumi Jo (Conductor: Michael Schneider)
Arleen Augér (Conductor: Leonard Bernstein)
Miah Persson (Conductor: Sebastian Weigle)
Carolyn Sampson (Conductor: Robert King)
Michael Maniaci (Conductor: Martin Pearlman)
Danielle De Niese (Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Conductor: Walter Susskind)
Cecilia Bartoli (Conductor: György Fischer)
Let me know which is your favourite :)
