Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (Östman) [1994]

Disc 1
1. Die Zauberflote: Act One: Ouverture
2. Die Zauberflote: Act One: Act Two: Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!
3. Die Zauberflote: Act One: Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja
4. Die Zauberflote: Act One: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon
5. Die Zauberflote: Act One: O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn!
6. Die Zauberflote: Act One: Hm! hm! hm!
7. Die Zauberflote: Act One: Du feines Taubchen, nur herein!
8. Die Zauberflote: Act One: Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen
9. Die Zauberflote: Act One: Zum Ziele fuhrt dich diese Bahn
10. Die Zauberflote: Act One: Die Weisheitslehre dieser Knaben
11. Die Zauberflote: Act One: Wo willst du, kuhner Fremdling, hin?
12. Die Zauberflote: Act One: Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberton
13. Die Zauberflote: Act One: Schnelle fusse, rascher Mut
14. Die Zauberflote: Act One: Es lebe Sarastro! Sarastro soll leben
15. Die Zauberflote: Act One: Herr, ich bin zwar Verbrecherin
16. Die Zauberflote: Act Two: Marsch der Priester
17. Die Zauberflote: Act Two: O Isis und Osiris

Disc 2
1. Act Two: Eine schreckliche Nacht!
2. Act Two: Bewahret euch vor Weibertücken
3. Act Two: Wie? Wie? Wie?
4. Act Two: Alles fühlt der Liebe Freuden
5. Act Two: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen
6. Act Two: In diesen heil'gen Hallen
7. Act Two: Seid uns zum zweitenmal wilkommen
8. Act Two: Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verchwunden
9. Act Two: O Isis und Osiris, welche Wonne!
10. Act Two: Soll ich dich, Teurer, nicht mehr sehn?
11. Act Two: Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen
12. Act Two: Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkünden
13. Act Two: Du also bist Bräutigam?
14. Act Two: Der, welcher wandert diese Straße
15. Act Two: Tamino mein! O welch in Glück!
16. Act Two: Wir wandelten durch Feuesgluten
17. Act Two: Papagena! Papagena! Papagena!
18. Act Two: Pa-Pa-Pa
19. Act Two: Nur stille, stille, stille
20. Act Two: Die Strahlen der Sonne

Sarastro - Kristinn Sigmundsson
Tamino - Kurt Streit
Konigin der Nacht - Sumi Jo
Pamina - Barbara Bonney
Erste Dame - Ruth Ziesak
Zweite Dame - Iris Vermillion
Dritte Dame - Pia Hansen
Papagena - Lillian Watson
Papageno - Gilles Cachemaille
Monostatos - Martin Petzold

Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra & Chorus
Arnold Östman,1992

There's magic in these musical hills, as conductor Kurt Östman leads an exemplary performance of Die Zauberflöte on original instruments.Sumi Jo's breathtaking Queen of the Night is the queen of intonation, while Barbara Bonny's Pamina is a phrasing angel, from her pianissimo B flats to her gentle, yet heartfelt, "Ach ich fühl's." Singing as comfortably as a folk singer, Kurt Streit's lyrical, yet dramatic, Tamino is manly and heroic. Gilles Cachemaille is an appropriately charming Papageno, and all supporting performances are stellar. This crystal-clear interpretation must be as close to perfection as Mozart probably dreamed. A true treasure. --Barbara Eisner Bayer, amazon.com

Everything went well in this superb recording from Sweden: the casting, the playing and the conducting. Arnold Östman is an expert XVIII Century opera conductor and a natural mozartean. He sees the Magic Flute with the wondrous eyes of a child, and his reading is not unlike Ferenc Fricsay's old mono recording in DG, save for the period instruments. And using the orchestral forces Mozart would have known, he achieves admirable transparency and ideal balance with voices, you will not miss the Vienna or the Berlin Philharmonics. His cast is mostly excellent, especially the radiant Pamina of Barbara Bonney and the stylish Tamino of Kurt Streit. Gilles Cachemaille is an amiable Papageno and Sumi Jo delivers the expected goods in the Queen of the Night arias. Among the period instrument versions, I place this recording above William Christie's (ERATO) and Roger Norrington's (EMI). Of course you may not want to be without Fritz Wunderlich's Tamino or Kurt Moll's Sarastro, but this recording will probably give you the best idea of what was heard in Schikaneder's theater in Vienna: the most magic of Magic Flutes ---J. Luis Juarez Echenique, amazon.com

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