Opera - The Magic Flute

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)


The Magic Flute 136:47
Singspiel in two acts
Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder, English translation by Jeremy Sans

COMPACT DISC ONE
1 Overture 6:27

Act I
2 'Have mercy, have mercy' 6:22
Tamino, Three Ladies
3 'I'm sure that there could never be' 4:26
Papageno, Tamino, Three Ladies
4 'Such loveliness beyond compare' 4:33
Tamino, Three Ladies
5 'Don't be afraid, now hear my song' 4:54
Queen of the Night, Tamino
6 'Hm! hm! hm! hm!' 5:47
Papageno, Tamino, Three Ladies
7 Dialogue: (scream) - 'Slaves!' - 3:01
'You will not dare escape again'
Pamina, Monostatos, Papageno
8 'A man in search of truth and beauty' 3:07
Pamino, Papageno
9 'If you can strive to be a man' 1:40
Three Boys, Tamino
10 'These words of wisdom reassure me' 2:06
Tamino, Speaker
11 'What rash adventure bring you here' 6:34
Speaker, Tamino, Chorus
12 'How soft, how strong your magic sound' 3:02
Tamino
13 'Walk on tip-toe, not a sound' 3:01
Pamina, Papageno, Monostatos, Chorus
14 'We worship Sarastro, we bow before him!' 1:50
Chorus, Papageno, Pamina
15 'Sir, I was disobedient' 3:08
Pamina, Sarastro
16 'Our Lord Sarastro will decide' 3:20
Pamina, Sarastro
63:23
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act II
1 'My brothers who serve the great gods' 4:30
Sarastro, First Priest, Second Priest
2 'O Isis and Osiris, arm them with strength' 3:06
Sarastro, Priests
3 Dialogue: 'Where to you think we are?' 1:18
Tamino, Papageno, First Priest, Second Priest
4 'A woman's beauty is beguiling' 1:03
Second Priest, Speaker, Papageno
5 'Why, why, why are you in this place of fear?' 3:29
Three Ladies, Papageno, Tamino, First Priest, Second Priest
6 Dialogue: 'There she is, the blushing violet' - 2:20
'All the world is always lusting'
Monostatos, Queen of the Night, Pamina
7 'The wrath of hell is burning in my bosom' 4:01
Queen of the Night, Pamina, Monostatos, Sarastro
8 'We worship at the altar' 4:00
Sarastro
9 Dialogue: 'Here we must leave you' 1:20
First Priest, Second Priest, Papageno, Tamino, Old Woman
10 'Now for the second time we greet you' 2:14
Three Boys, Papageno, Pamina
11 'Now I know that love can vanish' 3:59
Pamina, Papageno
12 'O Isis and Osiris, gods all-knowing' 2:41
Chorus of Priests, Sarastro, Pamina, Tamino
13 'Will I not see my love again?' 2:54
Pamina, Sarastro, Tamino
14 Dialogue: 'Tamino! Tamino. . . Tamino. . .' 1:06
Papageno, Second Priest
15 'If only I could meet her' 4:42
Papageno, Old Woman, Second Priest, Papagena
16 'Behold, the harbinger of morning' 1:50
Three Boys
17 'Are you the man I love the best' 4:21
Pamina, Three Boys
18 'The man who dares to tread this path' 3:11
Two Armed Men, Tamino, Pamina
19 'Pamina? I hear her calling' 1:19
Tamino, Two Armed Men
20 'Tamino, mine, welcome at last' 3:55
Pamina, Tamino, Two Armed Men
21 'The fiery furnace could not harm us' 3:17
Pamina, Tamino, Attendants, Priests
22 'Papagena! Papagena! Papagena!' 4:30
23 'Play your magic music' 0:42
Papageno, Three Boys
24 'Pa-pa-ge-na!' - 'Pa-pa-ge-no!' 2:20
Papageno, Papagena
25 'We must be very, very quiet!' 2:23
Monostatos, Queen of the Night, Three Ladies
26 'The banner of sunlight' 2:50
Sarastro, Chorus
73:24
Barry Banks tenor - Tamino
Elizabeth Vidal soprano - Queen of the Night
Rebecca Evans soprano - Pamina
Majella Cullagh soprano - First Lady
Sarah Fox soprano - Second Lady
Diana Montague mezzo-soprano - Third Lady
Simon Keenlyside baritone - Papageno
Lesley Garrett soprano - Papagena
John Tomlinson bass - Sarastro
John Graham-Hall tenor - Monostatos
Christopher Purves bass - Speaker, Armed Man, First Priest
Peter Bronder tenor - Armed Man, Second Priest
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Recorded in:
Blackheath Halls, London
4-10 November 2004
Producer(s)
Brian Couzens
Sound Engineer(s)
Ralph Couzens
Michael Common (Assistant)
Sir Charles Mackerras
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit / 96K