Gramophone Critics’ Choice 2024
Dez 10, 2024
‘Operette: Wien – Berlin – Paris’
Diana Damrau sop Munich Radio Orchestra / Ernst Theis
Erato
A tough choice, but since Retrospect Opera’s premiere recording of Stanford’s wonderful Shamus O’Brien made it on to the Awards shortlist, my personal palm goes to Diana Damrau’s mouth-watering operetta recital, which hasn’t been off my stereo all year. Lehár, Kálmán, Messager, Lincke, Abraham … it’s just pure pleasure […] What can I say? I’m just a sucker for Robert Stolz. Richard Bratby