Mozart: The Magic Flute, K.620 Vol.2

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One of the giants of the historically informed performance world needs little introduction; nor indeed his sympathy to Mozart’s oeuvre as already demonstrated in recordings of the three da Ponte operas that have met with wide acclaim and many awards for their closely observed intimacy, their sense of fun and drama and their well-chosen casts, at one with Kuijken’s vision of these jewels of human and music drama. 

His recording of Mozart’s magical last opera, however, has not received wide availability until now, in its appearance as part of Brilliant Classics’s comprehensive Opera Collection. The recording was made live at the Notre-Dame Church in Beaune, in France, in 2004. The cast is highly recognisable from many other fine productions of Baroque and early music, including Suzie LeBlanc (Pamina); Cornelius Hauptmann (Tamino); Stephan Genz (Papageno) and Isolde Siebert (Queen of Night). 

Of course the orchestral contribution to this recording is no less distinguished: La Petite Bande features the cream of Continental period-instrument musicians, and is led by Kuijken himself, a violinist as much at home in Mozart’s world as he is in Bach’s.

1. 00:00:00 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 9. March of the Priests (Orchestra)
2. 00:02:40 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Ihr, in dem Weisheitstempel eingeweihten Diener (Sarastro/Priests/Speaker)
3. 00:06:53 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 10. Aria and Chorus: O Isis und Osiris (Sarastro/Chorus)
4. 00:09:26 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Eine schreckliche Nacht! (Tamino/Papageno/Speaker/Second Priest)
5. 00:13:28 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 11. Duet: Bewahret euch vor Weibertücken (Priests)
6. 00:14:22 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: He, Lichter her! Lichter her! (Papageno/Tamino)
7. 00:14:43 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 12. Quintet: Wie, wie, wie? Ihr an diesem Schreckensort? (Three Ladies /Papageno/Tamino)
8. 00:17:41 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Heil dir, Jüngling! (Speaker/Second Priest/Papageno/Monostatos)
9. 00:19:39 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 13. Aria: Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden (Monostatos)
10. 00:20:58 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Zurücke! (Queen of the Night/Pamina/Monostatos)
11. 00:24:35 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 14. Aria: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (Queen of the Night)
12. 00:27:45 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Götter, das kann ich nicht! (Pamina/Monostatos/Sarastro)
13. 00:30:02 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 15. Aria: In diesen heil’gen Hallen (Sarastro)
14. 00:33:01 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Hier seid ihr euch beide allein überlassen (Speaker/ SecondPriest /Papageno/Tamino/Old Woman)
15. 00:35:47 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 16. Trio: Seid uns zum zweiten Mal willkommen (Three Boys)
16. 00:37:35 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Tamino, wollen wir nicht speisen? (Papageno/Pamina/Tamino)
17. 00:39:41 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 17. Aria: Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden (Pamina)
18. 00:43:23 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Nicht wahr, Tamino, ich kann auch schweigen (Papageno)