Strauss Don Juan, Seven Lieder

‘The Hallé Orchestra is enjoying a golden age under music director Mark Elder and this release on its own label is an unqualified success.’ London Evening Standard ‘Elder’s Macbeth, slower than most, is deeply disturbing, while his jaw-droppingly erotic Don Juan is one of the finest available.’ The Guardian

"Other than the lovely singing of Schwanewilms, I think the main attraction here is the rarely recorded Macbeth. Strauss’s account of it has ancient sound, Rosbaud’s is apparently out of print, and Kempe’s is part of a nine-disc EMI box set. So that leaves Elder’s excellent Macbeth as perhaps the finest single-disc version currently on the market. Recommended." Jeffrey L. Lipscomb, Fanfare