Mozart : Operas (The Magic Flute & The Abduction from the Seraglio) - RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs and Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (5 CDs)

The alpha and omega of Mozart! With Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1782), probably his first absolute masterpiece, and Die Zauberflöte (1791 - the year of his death), René Jacobs penetrates to the heart of Mozartian singspiel. Featuring singers, a chorus and an orchestra ideally suited to the works, these two complete recordings are now among the benchmarks of the discography.