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Conductor and tenor are the joint heroes of this exhilarating release. This is Davis s second recording of Berlioz s still neglected comic-heroic-romantic masterpiece about the dissolute Roman sculptor who was commissioned by Pope Clement VII to create a statue of Perseus with the head of Medusa the gorgon; the first was for Philips, in the early 1970s, with Nicolai Gedda in the lead. The American tenor Gregory Kunde doesn t have the most immediately appealing timbre, but the high tessitura holds no terrors for him, his sung French is good and, even in his early fifties, he manages to counterfeit the youthful braggadocio of Berlioz s likeable rapscallion. Davis remains the supreme Berliozian of our day, brilliantly evoking the mercurial wit of the comic repartee, the abandoned gaiety of the Roman carnival and the high drama and suspense of the climactic scene in the foundry, for the casting of Perseus. The supporting cast is less idiomatic than in the Philips set, but Laura Claycomb s diamantine tone and winning manner compensate for less than authentic French. At LSO prices, this is a steal, and and anyone who doesn t know this fabulous score should snap it up. --Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times Classical CD of the Week (April 27, 2008)
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As with previous instalments of the London Symphony Orchestra's Berlioz cycle, this recording outshines Davis's version of 40 years ago in sound quality and maturity of interpretation. Berlioz's flamboyant portrait of the Renaissance goldsmith impresses with its sheer vigour and conviction, thanks to Davis's inspiration of orchestra, chorus and a cast led by Gregory Kunde and Laura Claycomb. Including libretto, this is a bargain. --Andrew Clark, Financial Times, 26 April 2008
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Conductor and tenor are the joint heroes of this exhilarating release. This is Davis s second recording of Berlioz s still neglected comic-heroic-romantic masterpiece about the dissolute Roman sculptor who was commissioned by Pope Clement VII to create a statue of Perseus with the head of Medusa the gorgon; the first was for Philips, in the early 1970s, with Nicolai Gedda in the lead. The American tenor Gregory Kunde doesn t have the most immediately appealing timbre, but the high tessitura holds no terrors for him, his sung French is good and, even in his early fifties, he manages to counterfeit the youthful braggadocio of Berlioz s likeable rapscallion. Davis remains the supreme Berliozian of our day, brilliantly evoking the mercurial wit of the comic repartee, the abandoned gaiety of the Roman carnival and the high drama and suspense of the climactic scene in the foundry, for the casting of Perseus. The supporting cast is less idiomatic than in the Philips set, but Laura Claycomb s diamantine tone and winning manner compensate for less than authentic French. At LSO prices, this is a steal, and and anyone who doesn t know this fabulous score should snap it up. --Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times Classical CD of the Week (April 27, 2008)
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As with previous instalments of the London Symphony Orchestra's Berlioz cycle, this recording outshines Davis's version of 40 years ago in sound quality and maturity of interpretation. Berlioz's flamboyant portrait of the Renaissance goldsmith impresses with its sheer vigour and conviction, thanks to Davis's inspiration of orchestra, chorus and a cast led by Gregory Kunde and Laura Claycomb. Including libretto, this is a bargain. --Andrew Clark, Financial Times, 26 April 2008
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