Warner Classics

individually, they play with attractive timbre and immaculate intonation and articulation. Collectively, they blend their colours with great finesse, within dynamics ranging from cushioned pianissimo... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Rostropovich responds to the atmospheric location of a French cathedral with performances penetrated by a deep melancholy. — Classic FM Magazine, July 2011More…

To hear this great music played by an orchestra of the calibre of the Berlin Philharmonic is a rare treat indeed. These are all highly polished performances, with particularly delightful accounts... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2007, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

Glyndebourne's epoch-making production, taken to the recording studio two years later, helped cement the work's reputation as one of the greatest 20th-century operas. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, 5 out of 5 starsMore…

Several of the ensembles could have benefited from more sustained period of rehearsal, yet they still communicate vibrancy and the sheer enjoyment possible when fine musicians get together to... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

In Act 1 Gheorghiu instantly establishes the heroine as a vivacious, wilful character with a great sense of fun and her singing is both imaginative and technically flawless...while Alagna, always... — Penguin Guide, 2011 editionMore…

this superb set at last does justice to a musical of the 1920s which is both a landmark in the history of Broadway and musically a work of strength..von Stade gives a meltingly beautiful performance,... — Penguin Guide, 2011 editionMore…