The scheme of presentation here is both sensible and imaginative… Each disc has its share of the treasures…
It is in the choral singing that the great merit of these performances lies. The Arnold Schoenberg Choir is a fine body of musicians; we have always known that, but in these recordings they show a virtually unflawed beauty and opulence of tone. As against this, it comes as one of the few necessary criticisms that the voices are sometimes placed further back than one would wish in relation to the piano accompaniment. If that in turn requires a qualification, it derives from the excellence of the pianists, headed by Andras Schiff.