COMPOSERS: Mozart
LABELS: DG
WORKS: Die Zauberflöte
PERFORMER: Van Dam, Ott, Mathis, Araiza, Hornik; Berlin PO/Herbert von Karajan
CATALOGUE NO: DG 477 9115
The orchestral playing and Karajan’s sense of hieratic mystery gild the deeply affecting Pamina of Edith Mathis, José van Dam’s noble Sarastro, and the inspired dialogue direction of veteran actor Will Quadflieg. Hilary Finch