Orchestral, Verdi (composer)

Chorus and orchestra are both on their mettle here: the orchestral playing is clean and brilliant, the choral tone full and healthy. The range of tone and dynamics available is well displayed... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Cendrillon aria suits her talents closely, with her ethereal tone and confident coloratura skills. There’s some real magic here. Mendelssohn’s fairy-song ‘Neue Liebe’ has just the right hint... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…

An attractive programme [which] shows off the high quality of the Filarmonica della Scala…the brightness of the strings is offset by the warmth of the horns…and a neatness of attack as well as... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The whole sequence awakens the senses, reaching a breathtaking – but never breathless, in the case of these star players – finale with Dvořák’s exuberant Carnival. Irresistible for anyone susceptible... — The Guardian, 9th December 2023 More…

This set gives an invaluable historical cross-section of Antipodean singers in both commercial and rare archive recordings. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The voice is weighty, muscular and so dark-hued as to be almost contralto-like in timbre; the characterisation is never less than forthright...There is no doubting Netrebko’s musical commitment,... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…