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International Record Review
‘Here, from the violent opening string tremolos and the howling winds at the opening onwards, (Parry) conducts in a way that suggests that he has a long passion for Wagner which is at last being requited. He never indulges in eccentricities, gives the singers the space they need, never swamps them, and gets superb playing from the LPO; the all-important choral contributions from the Geoffrey Mitchell Choir are fine too... And the recording is of Chandos’s usual sumptuous kind.’
The Sunday Telegraph
‘Kim Begley’s Erik, a thankless role, is excellent. The Senta is Nina Stemme, Glyndebourne’s unforgettable Isolde and soon to be Bayreuth’s. She sings with radiant intensity and glorious lyrical tone, and her English diction is immaculate. She sings the Ballad magnificently and in the scene in which she pledges to redeem the Dutchman she and Tomlinson make magic.’ |