Mozart reviews

The best recordings of Mozart's The Magic Flute

One of Mozart's best-loved operas, The Magic Flute has dominated stages worldwide since its premiere in 1791. Here are our recommendations for the best recordings of the opera and its most famous arias

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 11-13 (Novák/Wihan)

Matyáš Novák (piano); Wihan Quartet (Nimbus)

Mozart • Żeleński: Piano Quartets

Paweł Wakarecy (piano), Jakub Jakowicz (violin) et al (NIFC)

Mozart: The Magic Flute (Le Concert Spirituel/Niquet)

Mathias Vidal, Florie Valiquette, et al; Le Concert Spirituel; Hervé Niquet (Versailles)

Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4 (Donohoe)

Peter Donohoe (piano) (SOMM)

Mozart: Works for Oboe and Orchestra

Albrecht Mayer (oboe), et al; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (DG)

Mozart: The Complete Multipiano Concertos

MultiPiano Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra (Hyperion)

Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3

Jean Muller (piano) (Hänssler)

Hosokawa • Mozart: Piano Concertos

Momo Kodama (piano); Mito Chamber Orchestra/Seiji Ozawa (ECM)

Serenades (Daniel Hope)

Zurich Chamber Orchestra/Daniel Hope (violin) (DG)

JS Bach • Mozart • Schubert: Sonatas, etc

Piano Duo Scholtes & Janssens (Challenge)

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 9 & 17

Alon Goldstein (piano); Fine Arts Quartet, et al (Naxos)

I Am Hera

Hera Hyesang Park (soprano); Vienna Symphony Orchestra/Bertrand de Billy (DG)

Mozart: String Quartets, Vol. 3

Armida Quartett (CAvi-music)

Mozart: Gran Partita, etc

Members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra/Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) (BIS)

Credo (Marina Rebeka)

Marina Rebeka (soprano); Latvian Radio Choir; Sinfonietta Riga/Modestas Pitrėnas (Prima Classic)

Mozart: Gran Partita / Mark Simpson: Geysir

Mark Simpson (clarinet), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), et al (Orchid Classics)

Magic Mozart

Sandrine Piau (soprano), Lea Desandre (mezzo-soprano), et al; Insula Orchestra/Laurence Equilbey (Erato)

The Messenger (Hélène Grimaud)

Hélène Grimaud (piano); Camerata Salzburg (DG)

Mozart's Violin (Concertos Nos 1-5)

Chrisoph Koncz (violin); Les Musiciens du Louvre (Sony Classical)

Mozart: Piano Quartets Nos 1 & 2, etc

Dejan Lazic (piano), Zen Hu (violin), et al (Onyx)