Mozart - Die Zauberflöte / Mannion, Dessay, Blochwitz, Scharinger, Hagen, Les Art Florissants, Christie [Import]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), William Christie (Conductor), Rosa Mannion (Performer), Natalie Dessay (Performer), Hans Peter Blochwitz (Performer), Anton Scharinger (Performer), Reinhard Hagen (Performer), Linda Kitchen (Performer), Anna Maria Panzarella (Performer), Doris Lamprecht (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Rosa Mannion, Natalie Dessay, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Anton Scharinger, Reinhard Hagen, et al.
• Conductor: William Christie
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (February 13, 1996)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Warner Music France
• ASIN: B000005E3W
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #279,548 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Overture

2. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: First Act: Scene 1: No. 1: Introduction 'Zu Hilfe, zu Hilfe'

3. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: First Act: Scene 2: No. 2 Aria: 'Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja'

4. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: First Act: 'He da ! - Was da ?' Scene 3

5. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: First Act: Scene 4: No. 3 Aria: 'Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön' Scene 5

6. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: First Act: Scene 6: No. 4 Recitative and Aria: 'O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn'

7. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: First Act: No. 5 Quintet: 'Hm! Hm! Hm!' Scene 8

8. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: First Act: Scenes 10 to 12 'He, Sklaven !' No. 6 Trio: 'Du feines Täubchen nur here

9. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: First Act: Scenes 13 & 14 'Mutter ! Mutter ! - Wie ? - Noch schlägt dies Herz ?'

10. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: First Act: No. 7 Duet: 'Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen'

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Disc: 2

1. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Second Act: Scene 2 'Eine schreckliche Nacht!'

2. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Second Act: No. 11 Duet: 'Bewahret Euch vor Weibertücken'

3. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Second Act: Scene 5: No. 12 Quintet: 'Wie? Wie? Wie?'

4. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Second Act: No. 13 Aria: 'Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden'

5. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Second Act: Scene 8 'Zurücke! - Ihr Götter!'

6. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Second Act: No. 14 Aria: 'Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen'

7. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Second Act: Scenes 9-12 'Morden soll ich?'

8. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Second Act: No. 15 Aria: 'In diesen heil'gen Hallen'

9. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Second Act: Scenes 13-15: 'Hier seid ihr euch beide allein überlassen'

10. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Second Act: Scene 16: No. 16 Trio: 'Seid uns zum zweiten Mal willkommen'

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Crystal clear recording and my favorite opera disc, May 23, 1999

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This review is from: Mozart - Die Zauberflöte / Mannion, Dessay, Blochwitz, Scharinger, Hagen, Les Art Florissants, Christie (Audio CD)

This performance is very involving; the period instruments have an unusually warm sound, but retain their clarity. The sopranos do not shriek excessively, as is the case with many larger-scale performances. I never liked opera until I heard performances like this; the singing is sweet, pure, enthusiastic. The sound quality is excellent; warm, detailed, somewhat dry--but it suits this performance perfectly.

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dear Tony..., October 28, 2003

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Samuel Krum "Opera Freak" (London) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart - Die Zauberflöte / Mannion, Dessay, Blochwitz, Scharinger, Hagen, Les Art Florissants, Christie (Audio CD)

You are right, Natalie Dessay sings the Queen of the Nights aria a semi-tone lower. In fact, the whole opera is a tone lower. It is recorded on Authentic instruments, which were tuned a semi tone lower in mozarts day than they are now. Therefore almost all pieces recorded on baroque instruments are a semi-tone lower.
I think the recording is masterful. Semi tone lower or not...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Die Zauberflöte ever recorded, January 2, 2006

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J. Luis Juarez Echenique "pepechenique" (Mexico City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart - Die Zauberflöte / Mannion, Dessay, Blochwitz, Scharinger, Hagen, Les Art Florissants, Christie (Audio CD)

This is a wonderful recording. William Christie brings to Mozart all the finesse and class he brought to the French repertoire. The musicians of Les Arts Florissants make the most marvelous sounds, this is orchestral playing of the highest order. All the singers are excellent, but it is the Tamino of Hans Peter Blochwitz that stands out, he is quite simply exquisite: his lyrical, liquid, gorgeous voice is a wonder. Rosa Mannion as Pamina is good, but nowhere in the class of Blochwitz. Anton Scharinger repeats his dutiful Papageno (he and Blochwitz recorded the same roles for Harnoncourt on TELDEC) and he is good, but more charm would had been welcome. Dessay as the Queen of the Night is accurate and needless to say, spectacular, but a more dangerous presence would have add drama to the recording. Still, this is a quite magical Flute, and I will come back to it often, and now must be considered one of the better ones on record.