Mozart: Die Zauberflöte | CD review

Petersen/Kaappola/Im/Behle/Schmutzhard/Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi, 3 CDs)This new Zauberflöte is likely to cause controversy on a number of fronts. Believing Emanuel Schickaneder's text to be the equal of Mozart's score, René Jacobs has recorded the dialogue complete, albeit with his own twist. His argument is that in early performances, the orchestra would have supplied sound effects throughout, and some of the dialogue would have been accompanied by musical improv...

Read full article Share article