Gramophone 'Patric Schmid's characteristically inventive programme focuses on... the roles (Rossini) created for... Isabella Colbran.'

with Bruce Ford, Alastair Miles, Enkelejda Shkosa, Garry Magee, Patrizia Bicciré, Dominic Natoli, PMF Scholars Barry Banks, Dean Robinson, Simon Bailey & Antonia Sotgiù. Geoffrey Mitchell Choir and Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by David Parry.

1 Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra Cavatina 'Quant'è grato all'alma mia' 2 Aureliano in Palmira Duetto 'Se tu m'ami...' 3 Bianca e Falliero Quartetto 'Cielo, il mio ...' 4 Zelmira Rondo finale 'Riedi al soglio' 5 Mosè in Egitto Quartetto 'Mi manca la voce' 6 Semiramide Duetto 'Se la vita ancor t'e cara' 7 Armida Duettino 'Dove son' Act II Finale 'Porgi la destra arnata' 9 Vallace Finale ultimo 'Viva Vallace! Vallace Viva!'

International Record Review 'It's what (Miricioiu) does with the voice that counts, with its shades of coloration, its gradations of weight, its variations of lightness and emphasis... begin with any track... and you will find the Romanian soprano on good form... there's a slow duet... in which the voices of Miricioiu and Bruce Ford twine around each other in vocal curlicues, both singers gentle in their approach... Shkosa joins Miricioiu in a lyrically sung duet... and how well their voices combine.' Opera '... special note should be made of Alastair Miles' superb coloratura bass...'