COMPOSERS: Mozart
LABELS: Arthaus
ALBUM TITLE: Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
WORKS: Die Zauberflöte
PERFORMER: Sotin, Gedda, Fischer-Dieskau, Mathis, Grundheber, Moll; Philharmonic State Orchestra, Hamburg/Stein;dir. Ustinov (Hamburg, 1971)
CATALOGUE NO: Arthaus 101 265
Discouraging sleeve, but this 1971 TV
recording features not only a stunning cast in
Ustinov’s charmingly old-fashioned staging,
but decent colour and mono sound. Highly competitive version. Michael Scott Rohan