Staatskapelle Dresden
Sir Colin Davis, conductor

A live recording from the Semperoper in 1996


“The playing of the orchestra is beyond glorious….The woodwinds are invariably sweet-toned and characterful….[but] it's the string playing that really makes the performance. I strongly doubt that you will find anything more beautiful in terms of sheer sonority and top-to-bottom richness of timbre, but by the same token this extraordinary luminosity of texture isn't purchased at the expense of good rhythm or a wide dynamic range… The German radio sound is, predictably, very good.”
Classics Today