[ Recommended CDs of operas by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)
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Così fan tutte, K588 
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor Amanda Roocroft, Soprano Rosa Mannion, Soprano Eirian James, Mezzo-soprano Rodney Gilfry, Bass-baritone Album title: Mozart - Così fan tutte Archiv 437 829-2 (3-CD) First choice BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, John Steane, 2-Mar-1997 | Buy CD or DVD: |
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem), K384
Karl Böhm, Conductor Arleen Auger, Soprano Reri Grist, Soprano Peter Schreier, Tenor Kurt Moll, Bass Album title: Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail Deutche Grammophon 429 868-2 (2-CD, mid-price) First choice BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, Richard Wigmore, 3-May-1998 | Buy CD or DVD: |
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K620
Karl Böhm, Conductor Roberta Peters, Soprano Evelyn Lear, Soprano Fritz Wunderlich, Tenor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Franz Crass, Bass Hans Hotter, Bass Album title: Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) Deutche Grammophon 449 749-2 (2-CD, mid-price, 1964) Choice with dialogue (stereo) BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, John Deathridge, 17-Jan-2004 | Buy CD or DVD: |
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K620
Ferenc Fricsay, Conductor RIta Streich, Soprano Maria Stader, Soprano Ernst Haefliger, Tenor Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Baritone Josef Greindl, Bass Kim Borg, Bass Album title: Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) Deutche Grammophon 435 741-2 (2-CD, mid-price, mono, 1954) First choice BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, John Deathridge, 17-Jan-2004 | Buy CD or DVD: Download:  |
Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K620
Otto Klemperer, Conductor Gundula Janowitz, Soprano Lucia Popp, Soprano Nicolai Gedda, Tenor Walter Berry, Bass Gottlob Frick, Bass Franz Crass, Bass Album title: Mozart - Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) EMI CMS 5 67388 2 (2-CD, 1964) Choice with dialogue (mono) BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, John Deathridge, 17-Jan-2004 | Buy CD or DVD: |
Don Giovanni, K527
Carlo Maria Giulini, Conductor Joan Sutherland, Soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano Graziella Sciutti, Soprano Luigi Alva, Tenor Eberhard Wächter, Baritone Giuseppe Taddei, Baritone Album title: Mozart - Don Giovanni EMI 5 56232-2 (3-CD) First choice BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, John Deathridge, 8-Feb-1998 | Buy CD or DVD: |
Idomeneo, rè di Creta, K366
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor Sylvia McNair, Soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, Mezzo-soprano Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Album title: Mozart - Idomeneo Archiv 431 674-2AH3 (2-CD) Simply the best Gramophone Good CD Guide, 1-Jan-2007 | Buy CD or DVD: |
La clemenza di Tito, K621
René Jacobs, Conductor Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Soprano Sunhae Im, Soprano Bernarda Fink, Mezzo-soprano Marie-Claude Chappuis, Mezzo-soprano Mark Padmore, Tenor Sergio Foresti, Bass Album title: Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito Harmonia Mundi HMC901923.24 (2-CD, 2005) First choice BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, Hilary Finch, 16-Sep-2006 | Buy CD or DVD: |
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492
Sir Neville Marriner, Conductor Barbara Hendricks, Soprano Lucia Popp, Soprano Agnes Baltsa, Mezzo-soprano Ruggero Raimondi, Tenor José Van Dam, Baritone Robert Lloyd, Bass Aldo Baldin, Bass Album title: Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro Philips 416 370-2 (3-CD) Second choice BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, Hilary Finch, 30-Sep-2000 | Buy CD or DVD: Download: |
Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492
Vittorio Gui, Conductor Sena Jurinac, Soprano Graziella Sciutti, Soprano Rise Stevens, Mezzo-soprano Franco Calabrese, Tenor Sesto Bruscantini, Baritone Hugues Cuenod, Bass Ian Wallace, Bass Album title: Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro EMI CZS 5 7384502 (2-CD, mid-price, 1955) First choice BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, Hilary Finch, 30-Sep-2000 | Buy CD or DVD: |
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