Penguin Rosettes, Strauss, R (composer)

[Norman is] grand, impassioned, noble, dignified, unmannered in this unforgettable interpretation — Gramophone MagazineMore…

This was the most ambitious project on which Strauss and his librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal collaborated. It's both fairy tale and allegory with a score that's Wagnerian in its scale and breadth.... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

For anyone lucky enough to have secured a ticket few orchestral concerts have remained so vividly in the memory as the one given by Karajan's incomparable Berlin Philharmonic in London's Royal... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

Karajan's Ariadne is perfectly cast, magnificently performed, and very well recorded. The scoring, for a small orchestra, demands virtuoso playing from what, in effect, is a group of soloists;... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

Not only is Capriccio a source of constant and none-too-demanding delight but its performance and recording, especially in this CD reincarnation, are wellnigh faultless. Walter Legge assembled... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…