W.A. Mozart

The magic Flute

»(…) Insightful, energetic leadership, just-about-perfect playing from the orchestra and singing from the chorus, lively delivery of the dialogue, well-characterized performances of every musical number, entertaining extraneous noises (bird tweets, animal sounds, thunder, etc.), generous use of appoggiaturas and embellishments…the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin plays as well or better than any period-instrument band in the world. (…)«