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Ferenc Fricsay - Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) / Rita Streich, Maria Stader, Ernst Haefliger, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Josef Greindl, RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Deutsche Grammophon 2x Audio CD Mono / 435 741-2
UPC 028943574129
The Magic Flute (German: Die Zauberflöte, pronounced [ˈdiː ˈt͡saʊ̯bɐˌfløːtə]), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form during the time it was written that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work premiered on 30 September 1791 at Schikaneder's theatre, the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, just two months before the composer's premature death. Still a staple of the opera repertory, its popularity was reflected by two immediate sequels, Peter Winter's Das Labyrinth oder Der Kampf mit den Elementen. Der Zauberflöte zweyter Theil (1798) and a fragmentary libretto by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe titled The Magic Flute Part Two.
The allegorical plot was influenced by Schikaneder and Mozart's interest in Freemasonry and concerns the initiation of Prince Tamino. Enlisted by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the high priest Sarastro, Tamino comes to admire the high ideals of the latter and he and Pamina both join Sarastro's community, while the Queen and her allies are vanquished.
| Label: | Deutsche Grammophon – 435 741-2 |
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| Series: | Deutsche Grammophon Dokumente |
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2 x CD, Album, Mono
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| Country: | Europe |
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| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera |
Tracklist:
| 1-1 | Overture | 6:44 | |
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FIRST ACT |
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| 1-2 | No. 1 Introduktion | 6:39 | |
| 1-3 | No. 2 Arie | 5:55 | |
| 1-4 | No. 3 Arie | 4:42 | |
| 1-5 | No. 4 Rezitativ und Arie | 5:01 | |
| 1-6 | No. 5 Quintett | 6:09 | |
| 1-7 | No. 6 Terzett | 3:04 | |
| 1-8 | No. 7 Duett | 2:31 | |
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No. 8 Finale: |
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| 1-9 | “Zum Ziele fuhrt dich diese Bahn” | 10:14 | |
| 1-10 | “Wie stark ist nicht dein Zauberflote” | 3:14 | |
| 1-11 | “Schnelle Fusse, rascher Mut” | 3:56 | |
| 1-12 | “Es lebe Sarastro, Sarastro soll leben!” | 7:07 | |
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SECOND ACT |
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| 2-1 | No. 9 Marsch der Priester | 5:15 | |
| 2-2 | No. 10 Arie mit Chor | 5:45 | |
| 2-3 | No. 11 Duett | 1:08 | |
| 2-4 | No. 12 Quintett | 3:34 | |
| 2-5 | No. 13 Arie | 1:57 | |
| 2-6 | No. 14 Arie | 4:03 | |
| 2-7 | No. 15 Arie | 6:53 | |
| 2-8 | No. 16 Terzett | 2:53 | |
| 2-9 | No. 17 Arie | 4:04 | |
| 2-10 | No. 18 | 4:03 | |
| 2-11 | No. 19 Terzett | 3:37 | |
| 2-12 | No. 20 Arie | 4:52 | |
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No. 21 Finale: |
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| 2-13 | “Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkunden” | 5:27 | |
| 2-14 | “Der, welcher wandert diese Strabe voll Beschwerden” | 4:41 | |
| 2-15 | “Ramino mein! O Welch ein Gluck!” | 6:41 | |
| 2-16 | “Papagena, Papagena, Papagena! Weibchen! Taubechen!” | ||
| 2-17 | “Nur stille, stille, stille!” | 2:34 | |
| 2:18 | “Die Strahlen der Sonnerie vertreiben die Nacht” | 2:49 |
- Baritone Vocals – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Bass Vocals – Josef Greindl, Kim Borg
- Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Conductor – Ferenc Fricsay
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Margarete Klose
- Orchestra – RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Soprano Vocals – Lisa Otto, Liselotte Losch, Maria Stader, Marianne Schech, Rita Streich
- Tenor Vocals – Ernst Haefliger, Howard Vandenburg, Martin Vantin
