I listened this morning to Mozart’s aria for soprano, piano and orchestra which is one of his most sublime compositions. The singer was Christine Karg, who performed this music beautifully.
“Ch’io mi scordi di te? … Non temer, amato bene” (Will I forget you? … Fear not, beloved), K. 505, is a concert aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for soprano, piano obbligato and orchestra, composed in December 1786 in Vienna.
This work was written for Nancy Storace, probably for her farewell concert from Vienna on Friday, 23 February 1787 at the Theater am Kärntnertor. Mozart himself very likely played the obbligato piano part.
About four years later Mozart died.
Here is Ms Karg. Just listen to this masterpiece!
