Blu-Ray Video, Staatskapelle Dresden (orchestra)

Thielemann's interpretation of Bruckner's Seventh Symphony is majestic and clean, as expected, though it falls just short of the cumulative power that the audience's warm reception suggests.... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This production does a fine job of underlining just what a resonant opera Tosca is for our times…Harteros is a chic, grown-up, no-nonsense Tosca…She is on top form vocally, particularly rich... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Picture and Sound) More…

Fleming's is a nuanced characterisation, with the right Straussian bloom save for the Act II duet. I just don't believe that this is a young girl grown up fast in the face of feckless parents...Show-stealers... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Thielemann keeps a firm grip on dynamic levels – ppp really means ppp – and the hushed playing is exquisitely rendered. The depth of sonority of horns, trombones and pizzicato double basses... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2017 More…

This is supple, carefully sifted music-making, beautifully paced...The vocal casting is as precise and well calculated as the overall approach but the production seems to nervous of the work... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2016 More…

Common with previous releases in the cycle is the warm and alert playing from the Staatskapelle Dresden. There is a real sense of the players listening and responding to each other during the... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2019 More…