Mozart - Don Giovanni, K527

On CD the classic Giulini EMI set, lovingly remastered, sets the standard by which all other recordings have come to be judged. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, as Elvira, emerges as a dominant figure... — Penguin Guide, 2010 edition, 4 out of 4 stars More…

[this Don Giovanni] strips away many of our distorting performance habits, and the result is refreshing, revelatory and unsettling…Tiliakos is a dramatic Don…Loconsolo is vocally nimble and... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

D'Arcangelo's full bass allows this Giovanni to register as a vocal heavyweight, a dominant male who's also an expert seducer...Nézet-Séguin supplies plenty of character, with effective tempos... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Freshly remastered, it sounds better than ever...Its intense, dramatic account of the Don's disappearance into hell has rarely been equalled and never surpassed on CD...As a bass Don, Siepi... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

Gardiner's set has a great deal to commend it.
The recitative is sung with exemplary care over pacing so that it sounds as it should, like heightened and vivid conversation, often to electrifying... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

If Jacobs is hardly the first modern conductor to present the opera in its 'original colours', his Don Giovanni is among the liveliest and most enjoyable on offer. It is certainly one of the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Although this set is over 40 years old, none of its successors is as skilled in capturing the piece's drama so unerringly. It has always been most recommendable and Giulini captures all the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

A 1955 classic that still captivates thanks to Krips's darkly dramatic atmosphere and a ripe Viennese cast headed by Siepi's richly Italianate seducer, sardonic Corena and the brilliant Della... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…