Mozart - The Magic Flute / Price ˇ Serra ˇ Schreier ˇ Moll ˇ Melbye ˇ T. Adam ˇ Sir Colin Davis

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The Magic Flute is, for many, the embodiment of musical perfection, as dazzlingly perfect as the esoteric pyramids and symmetries that populate the composer's paean to Masonic philosophy. As so often with Mozart, beneath the sublime lurk darker subtexts--here, themes of sexuality, slavery, and vengeance. Colin Davis conducts the incomparable Staatskapelle Dresden, with Peter Schreier's charming Tamina rescuing Margaret Price's lovely Pamina. --Joshua Cody

Mozart - The Magic Flute / Price ˇ Serra ˇ Schreier ˇ Moll ˇ Melbye ˇ T. Adam ˇ Sir Colin Davis, Music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sir Colin Davis, Margaret Price, Luciana Serra, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Peter Schreier, Kurt Moll, Mikael Melbye, Theo Adam, Marie McLaughlin, Ann Murray, Reiner Goldberg, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, German/Austrian Classical Period Opera, Opera
Mozart - The Magic Flute / Price · Serra · Schreier · Moll · Melbye · T. Adam · Sir Colin Davis
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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  • Must be a best buy
  • Mozart - The Magic Flute/ Sir Colin Davis
  • brilliant!!!!
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 Mozart - The Magic Flute / Price · Serra · Schreier · Moll · Melbye · T. Adam · Sir Colin Davis
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Sir Colin Davis , Margaret Price , Luciana Serra , Rundfunkchor Leipzig , Staatskapelle Dresden , Peter Schreier , Kurt Moll , Mikael Melbye , Theo Adam , Marie McLaughlin , Ann Murray , and Reiner Goldberg
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ASIN: B0000041AA
Release Date: 1994-10-11

Tracks:

  1. Erster Aufzug - Act One: Ouvertuere
  2. Erster Aufzug - Act One: No 1: Zu hilfe! Zu hilfe
  3. Erster Aufzug - Act One: No 2: Der Vogelfaenger bin ich ja
  4. Erster Aufzug - Act One: No 3: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schoen
  5. Erster Aufzug - Act One: No 4: O zittre nicht
  6. Erster Aufzug - Act One: No 5: Hm! hm! hm! hm!
  7. Erster Aufzug - Act One: No 6: Du feines Taebchen, nur herein
  8. Erster Aufzug - Act One: No 7: Bei Maennern, welche Liebe fuehlen
  9. Erster Aufzug - Act One: No 8: Zum ziel fuehrt dich diese Bahn
  10. Erster Aufzug - Act One: Die weisheitslehre dieser knaben
  11. Erster Aufzug - Act One: Wie stark ist nicht dein zauberton
  12. Erster Aufzug - Act One: Schnelle fuesse, rascher mut
  13. Erster Aufzug - Act One: Es lebe Sarasto, sarastro soll leben

Tracks:

  1. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: No 9: March der Priester
  2. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: No 10: O Isis und Osiris
  3. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: No 11: Bewahret euch vor Weibertuecken
  4. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: No 12: Wie? wie? wie?
  5. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: No 13: Alles Fuehlt der Liebe Freunden
  6. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: No 14: Der Hoelle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen
  7. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: No 15: In diesen heil'gen Hallen
  8. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: No 16: Seid uns zum zweiten Mal willkommen
  9. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: No 17: Ach, ich fuehl's
  10. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: No 18: O Isis und Osiris, welche Wonne!
  11. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: No 19: Soll ich dich, Teurer, nicht mehr sehn?
  12. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: No 20: Ein Maedchen oder Weibchen
  13. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: No 21: Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkuenden
  14. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: Der, welcher wandert diese Starsse voll Beschwerden
  15. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: Wir wandelten durch Feuersgluten
  16. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: Papageno! Papageno! Papageno!
  17. Zweiter Aufzug - Act Two: Nur stille, stille, stille, stille

Amazon.com

The Magic Flute is, for many, the embodiment of musical perfection, as dazzlingly perfect as the esoteric pyramids and symmetries that populate the composer's paean to Masonic philosophy. As so often with Mozart, beneath the sublime lurk darker subtexts--here, themes of sexuality, slavery, and vengeance. Colin Davis conducts the incomparable Staatskapelle Dresden, with Peter Schreier's charming Tamina rescuing Margaret Price's lovely Pamina. --Joshua Cody

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Mozart's Ultimate Masterpiece.......2007-03-10

Die Zauberflote is in my mind Mozart's greatest creation, of all the remarkable music that he produced. Mozart used this opera as vehicle to express many of the Masonic ideals he believed in, and bring to life his utopian vision of a world where love, virtue, and light would triumph over hatred, vengeance, and darkness. In this way, the Magic Flute remains today one of the most beloved and enduring products of the 18th century Enlightenment. There are more recordings of this famous opera than one could ever hear, but I adore this particular version, for its warmth, clarity, and vivacity. This recording features the reknowned Luciana Serra ( as Queen of the Night) and Dame Margaret Price (as Pamina), who are both undeniably brilliant, as is Kurt Moll (Sarastro), one of the most acclaimed baritones of all time. It doesn't hurt to have hightly respected Mozartian Colin Davis at the helm of the Staatskapelle Dresden either, who perform Mozart's score with tremendous precision and elegance. While this may not be the definitive version of The Magic Flute for some, it is undoubtedly one of the very finest available today. In one of the most moving arias in all opera, Tamino and Pamina sing, "By the power of music we walk cheerfully through the dark night of death." Although Mozart sadly left this world only a few months after completing the Magic Flute in 1791, he achieved an immortality of sorts, for Mozart's spirit lives on in the hearts and minds of all who cherish his glorious music. A terrific buy!

4 out of 5 stars Must be a best buy.......2006-07-19

very good value CD - a good recording at a very cheap price.

1 out of 5 stars Mozart - The Magic Flute/ Sir Colin Davis.......2006-06-24

OOOPS! Amazon.com, the one-star is for your poor product information. This CD (wonderful as Sir Colin is!) turned out to be the incomplete opera! You need to publish that the $66. Sir Colin one includes the libretto and is "complete"; "incomplete" includes all arias, but no libretto or recitatives; "highlights" include only the popular arias or greatest hits of that opera.

Right now your website is confusing, with the multiple recordings of a given work.


Thank you.
Cynthia DeCuir

5 out of 5 stars brilliant!!!!.......2006-06-05

This version of Mozart's Die Zauberflote is excellent. A well-known cast of singers and a renowned orchestra and conductor make this recording one of the best I have ever seen. When I first started to dabble into this opera this was the 1st one I ever heard. Kurt Moll as Sarastro is good but he has sung it so many times it feels like he is sick of doing it but nonetheless he's excellent. Peter Schreier as Tamino is brilliant and full-toned as the best Tamino I have every seen. Margaret Price as Pamina is also very good. Luciana Serra as the Queen of the Night is the best I have ever seen. Her coloratura is sung effortlessly and she pulls the role off very well. The rest of the cast is good but are pretty much unknown (except: Marie McLaughlin as the 1st lady, Ann Murray as the 2nd lady and Robert Tear as Monostatos.) My 2 peeves of this recording is: no dialogue (which most recordings lately don't) and the rather slow tempos of Colin Davis. My verdict: buy this version over its overly expensive counterpart (the one w/ the dialogue and libretto) which can cost an upward of 80$ used.

3 out of 5 stars Nothing special.......2006-02-14

This recording is acceptable, but the only performer to stand out to any degree is Margaret Price as Pamina. For the casual listener who wants to try out this opera, it works just fine. For someone looking for a quality recording, I would suggest investing elsewhere.

Tamino is generally blaring, without any great musicality. On this recording is also the weepiest Papageno I have ever heard, bending pitches left and right, even in brighter moments in the music, to the point at which it becomes irritating and even detracts from the music. Sarastro is disappointingly stony, his two beautiful arias sung as though they were a rather boring routine he would as soon abandon as not.

On the other hand, the three ladies blend well and are one of the better aspects of the recording. The silken lines of the quartet just prior to the trials are executed with a degree of elegance. However, I cannot bring myself to recommend this recording to anyone interested in an exceptional Zauberflote. Do what my grandmother did for me--buy it for one of your children, if they would like a recording of it and the better versions are pricier than you should like.

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