Hector Berlioz: Staatskapelle Dresden vol.20 (Profil Audio CD)

Keith Ikaia-Purdy, tenor
Staatskapelle Dresden
Sir Colin Davis, conductor


“For many years, despite the warmth of Saxon welcome, Dresden was not an easy city for Englishmen to visit; but attitudes change, and it was certainly a moving gesture for Davis to conduct this performance. The Kreuzkirche has been beautifully reconstructed, and it has beautiful acoustics that welcome Berlioz's wide-ranging demands. ...the clamour of the Dies irae and the snapping rhythms of the Lacrymosa... have a cut that Davis achieves more sharply than any other conductor. ...his grasp of the music remains supreme.”
Gramophone Magazine, October 2007