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Ferenc Fricsay's The Magic Flute from 1955 is one of the first great recordings of the work, and it remains a compelling listen today. Rita Streich's Queen of the Night can be considered one of the best ever: crystal clear in tone, fiery in mood, and rock solid on the all-important high notes. A 30-year-old Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau makes an agreeably youthful Papageno, singing with personality and lyricism. Maria Stader's Pamina is lighter in voice than most on record, but very convincing. And Ernst Haefliger brings youthful intensity to the role of Tamino. Josef Greindl has the right weight and gravity for the vocally low-lying Sarastro, but he frequently sings under pitch and allows long melodic lines to lose their intensity. The secondary players, including Martin Vantin as a freakishly sotto voce Monostatos, all deliver solid performances. Fricsay's tempos and approach to the orchestra are ahead of their time, rarely dragging or sounding overdone. One strange aspect of the recording is that each of the main characters' dialogue is voiced by a separate actor, rather than the singer, resulting in a jarring vocal discontinuity between sung and spoken scenes. The sound is what you'd expect from 1955: rather distant and lacking in depth. For that reason, this will probably appeal only to collectors and students of the opera.
© TiVo
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Die Zauberflöte, K.620 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Wolfgang Lohse, Producer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helmut Elbl, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Steinke, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 1 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Sebastian Fischer, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Ernst Haefliger, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Margarete Klose, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marianne Schech, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Liselotte Losch, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Fischer, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Walter Bluhm, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Margot Leonard, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marion Degler, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alice Decarli, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Sebastian Fischer, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Ernst Haefliger, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Margot Leonard, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marion Degler, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alice Decarli, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Sebastian Fischer, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Streich, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Ernst Haefliger, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Margarete Klose, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marianne Schech, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Liselotte Losch, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Maria Stader, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Martin Vantin, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Bluhm, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ruth Hellberg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Fischer, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Maria Stader, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Margot Guilleaume, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Günther Arndt, Chorus Master, AssociatedPerformer - Kim Borg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS Kammerchor, Choir, MainArtist - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Ernst Haefliger, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Diana Eustrati, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Vandenburg, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Wolfgang Lohse, Producer, Recording Producer - Wilhelm Borchert, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Margot Guilleaume, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Reith, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Siegmar Schneider, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Berlin Motet Choir, Choir, MainArtist - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helmut Elbl, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Steinke, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Ernst Haefliger, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Wolfgang Lohse, Producer, Recording Producer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helmut Elbl, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Steinke, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Günther Arndt, Chorus Master, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS Kammerchor, Choir, MainArtist - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Maria Stader, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Martin Vantin, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Lohse, Producer, Recording Producer - Berlin Motet Choir, Choir, MainArtist - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helmut Elbl, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Steinke, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Günther Arndt, Chorus Master, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS Kammerchor, Choir, MainArtist - Josef Greindl, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Ernst Haefliger, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Stader, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Martin Vantin, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Lohse, Producer, Recording Producer - Berlin Motet Choir, Choir, MainArtist - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helmut Elbl, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Steinke, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
DISC 2
Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 2 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Kim Borg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Howard Vandenburg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Walter Franck, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Günther Arndt, Chorus Master, AssociatedPerformer - Kim Borg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS Kammerchor, Choir, MainArtist - Sebastian Fischer, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josef Greindl, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Howard Vandenburg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Walter Bluhm, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Sebastian Fischer, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Howard Vandenburg, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Walter Bluhm, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wilhelm Borchert, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kim Borg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Ernst Haefliger, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Margarete Klose, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marianne Schech, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Vandenburg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Walter Bluhm, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Liselotte Losch, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rita Streich, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Martin Vantin, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ruth Hellberg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Spier, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rita Streich, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Ruth Hellberg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Spier, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Franck, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Kim Borg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Sebastian Fischer, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josef Greindl, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Walter Bluhm, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Eustrati, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Walter Bluhm, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ruth Hellberg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Margot Guilleaume, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Reith, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Maria Stader, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Wolfgang Lohse, Producer, Recording Producer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helmut Elbl, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Steinke, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Günther Arndt, Chorus Master, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS Kammerchor, Choir, MainArtist - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Ruth Hellberg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Walter Franck, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Kim Borg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Josef Greindl, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Ernst Haefliger, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Stader, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Walter Bluhm, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Kim Borg, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Walter Bluhm, Speaker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Eustrati, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Stader, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Wolfgang Lohse, Producer, Recording Producer - Margot Guilleaume, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Reith, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helmut Elbl, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Steinke, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Kim Borg, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Ernst Haefliger, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Stader, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Vandenburg, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Wolfgang Lohse, Producer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helmut Elbl, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Steinke, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Günther Arndt, Chorus Master, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS Kammerchor, Choir, MainArtist - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Ernst Haefliger, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Stader, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Wolfgang Lohse, Producer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helmut Elbl, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Steinke, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Lisa Otto, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Diana Eustrati, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Wolfgang Lohse, Producer - Margot Guilleaume, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Reith, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helmut Elbl, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Steinke, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Rita Streich, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Margarete Klose, Mezzo-Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Marianne Schech, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Martin Vantin, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Wolfgang Lohse, Producer - Liselotte Losch, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helmut Elbl, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Steinke, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Günther Arndt, Chorus Master, AssociatedPerformer - RIAS Kammerchor, Choir, MainArtist - Josef Greindl, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor, MainArtist - Emanuel Johann Josef Schikaneder, Author - Wolfgang Lohse, Producer - RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Helmut Elbl, Editor, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Steinke, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
Ferenc Fricsay's The Magic Flute from 1955 is one of the first great recordings of the work, and it remains a compelling listen today. Rita Streich's Queen of the Night can be considered one of the best ever: crystal clear in tone, fiery in mood, and rock solid on the all-important high notes. A 30-year-old Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau makes an agreeably youthful Papageno, singing with personality and lyricism. Maria Stader's Pamina is lighter in voice than most on record, but very convincing. And Ernst Haefliger brings youthful intensity to the role of Tamino. Josef Greindl has the right weight and gravity for the vocally low-lying Sarastro, but he frequently sings under pitch and allows long melodic lines to lose their intensity. The secondary players, including Martin Vantin as a freakishly sotto voce Monostatos, all deliver solid performances. Fricsay's tempos and approach to the orchestra are ahead of their time, rarely dragging or sounding overdone. One strange aspect of the recording is that each of the main characters' dialogue is voiced by a separate actor, rather than the singer, resulting in a jarring vocal discontinuity between sung and spoken scenes. The sound is what you'd expect from 1955: rather distant and lacking in depth. For that reason, this will probably appeal only to collectors and students of the opera.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 02:22:31
- Main artists: Rias Kammerchor RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Ferenc Fricsay
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Label: Decca (UMO)
- Genre: Classical
© 2004 Universal Classics & Jazz This Compilation ℗ 1955 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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