Strauss: Elektra (Baden-Baden Festspielhaus)

Linda Watson (Elektra); Jane Henschel (Klytämnestra); Manuela Uhl (Chrysothemis); René Kollo (Aegisth); Albert Dohmen (Orest);

"Never do Christian Thielemann and the Munich Philharmonic overwhelm the singers: they make chamber music, in effect, with no bombast whatever." (International Record Review)

Strauss: Renée Fleming in Concert (Salzburg Festival)

Renée Fleming (Soprano);

"Strauss's ingenious orchestral passages are highlighted." (BBC Music Magazine)

Strauss: Salome

Maria Ewing (Salome); Michael Devlin (Jokanaan); Kenneth Riegel (Herod); Gillian Knight (Herodias); Robin Leggate (Narraboth);

"Maria Ewing renews her tour de force performance in the title role, one of extraordinary stamina, range, colour and agility...hers was a feat of high-class singing..." (The Evening Standard)

Strauss: Salome (The Royal Opera)

Nadja Michael (Salome); Michaela Schuster (Herodias); Thomas Moser (Herod); Joseph Kaiser (Narraboth); Michael Volle (Jokanaan);

"Nadia Michael's Salome can sing and dance with comparable flair and accuracy. Thomas Moser's Herod is genuinely moving...The orchestra plays spendidly under Philippe Jordan and Jonathan Haswell's photography is more imaginative than the work of his colleague at La Scala." (The Penguin Guide)

Stravinsky: Il segreto di Pulcinella

Antonella Balducci (Soprano); Ruben Amoretti (Tenor); Furio Zanasi (Bass);

Stravinsky: The Firebird & Les Noces (The Royal Ballet)

Leanne Benjamin (The Firebird); Jonathon Cope (Ivan Tsarevich); Zenaida Yanowsky (Bride); David Drew (The Immortal Katschei); David Pickering (Bridegroom);

"The Firebird and Les Noces in revelatory and near definitive versions…" (The Independent)