Mozart: The Magic Flute, K.620 Vol.3

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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. 18. Chorus: O Isis und Osiris, welche Wonne! (Chorus of Priests)
2. 00:02:16 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Prinz, dein Betragen war bis hierher männlich (Sarastro/Pamina/Tamino)
3. 00:03:13 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 19. Trio: Soll ich dich, Teurer, nicht mehr seh’n? (Pamina/Sarastro/Tamino)
4. 00:06:04 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Tamino! Willst du mich denn gänzlich verlassen? (Papageno/Speaker)
5. 00:08:15 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 20. Aria: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (Papageno)
6. 00:12:05 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Dialogue: Da bin ich schon, mein Engel! (Old Woman/Papageno/Speaker)
7. 00:14:04 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: No. 21. Finale: Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkünden (Three Boys/Pamina)
8. 00:19:55Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Adagio: Der, welcher wandert diese Straße (Two Men in Armour/Tamino/Pamina)
9. 00:27:52 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: March-Adagio: Wir wandelten durch Feuersgluten (Pamina/Tamino)
10. 00:30:05 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Chorus: Triumph! Triumph! Du edles Paar!
11. 00:30:54 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Allegro: Papagena! Papagena! (Papageno/Three Boys)
12. 00:36:19 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-Papagena! (Papageno/Papagena)
13. 00:38:39 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Più moderato: Nur stille, stille, stille (Monostatos/Queen of the Night/Three Ladies)
14. 00:40:33 Die Zauberflöte: Act 2: Maestoso: Die Strahlen der Sonne vertreiben die Nacht (Sarastro/Chorus)