“… this is both a significant achievement and major addition to the composer’s discography… Noseda’s performance is nothing if not formidable… Noseda is helped immeasureably throughout both by his Danish orchestra, who play with marvellous commitment and finesse, and by Chandos’s immaculate recording, ideal in its clarity and balance … The cast meanwhile, combine lyricism with declamation … Michael Nagy makes a fine, subtle Prisoner, taking us with him every step of the way on his harrowing emotional and intellectual journey. Anna Maria Chiuri is his anguished Mother, Stephan Rügamer the lethally dangerous Inquisitor, deploying a disquieting, honeyed mezza voce in moments of terrifying charm. The Danish National Concert Choir sound tremendous… It’s an outstanding, essential album, every second of it.”