***** Coup de cœur

“A demonstration recording featuring a top-notch cast … with much gorgeous music to wallow in.”

Recording of the Month

“…It is clear from this recording that Aladdin is a work of real weight, which well deserves revival and performance. The orchestra, which to judge from the number of players listed in the booklet, exceeds Wagnerian requirements in the strings, plays powerfully and superbly throughout under the direction of Michael Schønwandt, who displays all the energetic involvement and sense of panache required. The chorus too provide plenty of weight in their solid contributions…”

Pizzicato Supersonic

“…The thoroughly Scandinavian cast, mostly Danish, has come together for a magnificent performance… Michael Schønwandt forms the National Danish Symphony Orchestra into an organism that breathes with the music and plays both powerfully, but not powerfully, and at the same time sensitively and finely differentiated. In this way, the composition becomes a melodically sustained event… The quality of the recording also leaves nothing to be desired.”