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Baritone Konstantine Krimmel shares the admirable qualities of his instrumental colleagues. A better musician than an actor in these stage works, he has an attractive, well-produced voice, knows... — Fanfare, May/June 2023 More…

Hervé Niquet’s musical direction is admirably fluent. The orchestral playing and choral singing are magnificent throughout in a suitably resonant recording…Katherine Watson as Mérope stands... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It’s very beautiful and there is some fine and idiomatic playing, notably from the brass and woodwinds. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It’s an invigorating performance from Ensemble Les Surprises and Louis-Noël Bestion de Camboulas...The voices are excellent, too. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2022 More…

Weird but distinctly wonderful, this programme exploring the connections between the emerging early music and cabaret scenes in early twentieth-century Paris finds d'Oustrac not so much chewing... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, August 2023 More…

The title-role is difficult to cast, but Nicky Spence has the range, the fluency and the technique to bring off all the vocal challenges while equally entering fully into the character’s plight...With... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Kurt Streit brings lyricism and dignity to the title role; Karina Gauvin has the vocal range and dark timbre for Vitella…and Kate Lindsey is a fine Sesto who excels in the set-piece aria ‘Parto,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, 3 out of 5 stars More…