COMPOSERS: Mozart
LABELS: Warner
WORKS: Mozart: The Magic Flute
PERFORMER: Hagen, Blochwitz, Dessay, Mannion et al; Les Arts Florissants/Christie
CATALOGUE NO: Warner 2564 67742-6 (1996)
The two treats here are Dessay’s Queen of the Night and the Pamina of the now sadly retired Mannion. Elsewhere expect erratic tempos and ornamentation in
some unexpected places. Hilary Finch