Capriccio

This brass-band sequence is at once a relishing of the sonorous medium and a sly critique. HR Brass is the brass section of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, fine players alert to sophisticated... — Sunday Times, 28th October 2012 More…

Josef Protschka is a warm-toned hero, and Linda Plech an excellent Turandot … an ideal combination … Conductor Gerd Albrecht demonstrates mastery of both scores. — Opera Now, March 2020 More…

Simona Šaturová is pure and innocent as the girl but thrills when she throttles up. Pavol Breslik is smooth and eager as her ghostly spouse, Adam Plachetka sage-like as the narrator. A nice... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2017 More…

Waleczek produces a rich, burnished tone and has been very well recorded — Gramophone Magazine, May 2017 More…