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The Deluxe Magic Flute Standard

Review by: Jens F. Laurson

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Otto Klemperer’s recording of the Magic Flute has long been considered therecording. When it came out, in 1965, it impressed itself on so many listeners as the standard Zauberflöte–an indelible emotional footprint that still informs our hearing. It seems only right that Warner has given the most fulsome treatment for this latest luxurious re-issue.... Continue Reading