Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (highlights) [with FREE Harmonia Mundi catalogue]

"I suspect I shall reach for this new recording as often as any, for its bubbling, crackling theatricality and an eager, yet unforced, sense of fun." Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Opera

"The singing here is all first class. Sunhae Im, a Jacobs standard, is particularly striking in the loner role of Papagena. The Academie fur Alte Musik Berlin, if you have been paying attention to Jacobs's recordings at all, is definitely up to snuff.. punchy and colorful. The choral work is particularly fine, the choir able to go from soft to loud on a dime and very exciting in their few (but important) appearances. Jacobs, as we have come to expect, redefines the terms of our listening experience, and the infectious results are hard to resist despite my caveats. Flute lovers will have to have this one." (AudAud.com)