***** Exceptional Giorgio Ramphone - Musica magazine - March 2013

this is the most "alive" dramatic, excitingly sung and conducted performance of the opera since the late Karl Böhm did it at the Orange Festival back in July 1973 It’s nearly that good in performance quality, and the sonics are immeasurably better Despite having been recorded in concert, without stage movement, this performance still grabs one’s attention with its dramatic impetus, as much at Toscanini’s concert performances of Verdi operas did back in the 1940’s and early ’50’s. You can never substitute for the excitement in a live performance, and this recording certainly provides that in spades. One great example: listen to the third act. I’ve personally never heard anyone’s performance of Tristan sung this dramatically; it completely rivets you to the speakers and doesn’t let go I exhort you to acquire it. Even with Flagstad’s abridged 1936 performance or the Nilsson-Vickers on your shelf, this may become the Tristan you end up playing most often. Lynn René Bayley - Fanfare - March/April 2013

Performance *** Recording *** Michael Tanner - BBC Music magazine - February 2013

Music **** (Very Good) Sound **** (VeryGood) Gerhard Persché - Fono Fourm magazine - January 2013