Arthaus Musik

The straightforward documentary footage, including interviews and rehearsal and concert sequences, is spiced with staged, scripted vignettes of life in the choir, impressively authentic-looking... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2010, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

…I found myself surprisingly moved and involved. Plisetskaya has found a credible choreographic idiom closer to expressive mime than full-blown classical ballet, and though her astonishingly... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2010More…

...the star here is undoubtedly José Cura who offers himself up for a taxing central assignment in both operas. He plays a stern and nicely concentrated Turiddu in Mascagni's Sicilian tragedy,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2010, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

pleasingly stylish and urbane...Jonathan Webb's conducting is as spruce and stylish as the production itself. There is even pleasure to be had from the Overture, with Erica Vitellozzi's brilliantly... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2010More…

Welser-Möst comes over a trifle detached and his superb orchestra seem more determined than inspired...On the positive side the orchestral balance Welser-Möst achieves is excellent, giving appropriate... — MusicWeb International, January 2012More…

It's a long time since we've had such satisfying accounts of either work, free of any idiosyncra- sies, adeptly paced and in a clear, warm acoustic.
The oboe(s), clarinet(s) and horns make outstanding... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

Strong performances from cast members - notably Rigby's Lucretia and Opie's Junius - grace an impressive realisation of Vick's 1987 ENO production. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, 4 out of 5 starsMore…