Magic Flute

Mozart (Artist), Levine (Artist), Cortrubas (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 26, 1989)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003ENI
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #564,915 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Die Zauberflote: Ouverture

2. Die Zauberflote: Act 1: Scene I - No. 1 Introduction: Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe! (Tamino)

3. Die Zauberflote: Act 1: Scene I - Wo bin ich? Ist's Phantasie (Tamino)

4. Die Zauberflote: Act 1: Scene II - No. 2 Song: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja (Papageno)

5. Die Zauberflote: Act 1: Scene II (Cont.) And Scene III - He da! - Was da! (Tamino, Papageno)

6. Die Zauberflote: Act 1: Scene IV - No. 3 Aria: Dies Bildnis is bezaubernd schon (Tamino)

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Disc: 2

1. Die Zauberflote: Act I: Scene XIV - No. 8 Finale: Zum Ziele führt dich diese Bahn (Tamino, Speaker)

2. Die Zauberflote: Act I: Scene XV - Schnelle Füße, rascher Mut (Pamina, Papageno)

3. Die Zauberflote: Act I: Es lebe Sarastro! (Pamina, Sarastro)

4. Die Zauberflote: Act II: March of the Priests

5. Die Zauberflote: Act II: Ihr eingeweihten Diener der großen Götter (Sarastro)

6. Die Zauberflote: Act II: O Isis und Osiris (Aria & Chorus) (Sarastro)

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Disc: 3

1. Die Zauberflote: Act II: Scene XVIII - Nicht war, Tamino (Papageno, Tamino)

2. Die Zauberflote: Act II: Scene XIX - No. 18 Chorus: O Isis und Osiris (Chorus Of Priests)

3. Die Zauberflote: Act II: Scene XX - Prinz, dein Betragen (Sarastro, Pamina, Tamino)

4. Die Zauberflote: Act II: Scene XX - No. 19 Trio: Soll ich dich, Teurer, nicht mehr sehn? (Pamina, Sarastro, Tamino)

5. Die Zauberflote: Act II: Scene XXI - Tamino! Tamino! (Papageno)

6. Die Zauberflote: Act II: Scene XXI - No. 20 Aria: Ein Madchen oder Weibchen (Papageno)

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Customer Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A decent Magic Flute, July 4, 2002

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Armindo (Greece) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Magic Flute (Audio CD)

This is a nice recording of Mozart's masterpiece. The engineers have included sound effects (wind, thunder etc) that not all other Magic Flute recordings have. Ilieana Cotrubas sings beautifully although there are better Pamina interpretations out there. One will notice that her German is not perfect but I quess that for non-native listeners this will not be a big problem. Zdislawa Donat's hair raising Queen of the Night is among the most impressive I've ever heard. Her high notes are perfectly pitched and sound effortless. The lower ones are less satisfying but this is often the case with sopranos in this role. Marti Talvela is a marvel to listen to. Tappy and Boesch are good but compared to Gedda, Wunderlich, Fischer-Diskau... Levine's conducting is also fine but he is not a Mozart-specialist. A solid recording but for perfection try others (Bohm's, Karajan's, Klemperer's)