Gluck

Dame Janet Baker’s unparalleled stage performance of Orfeo makes a triumphant return to the catalogues [PCG]

Ten very well-filled discs documenting six glorious decades at the Paris Opera [RMo]

This recording is superb in every respect; nobody is likely to be disappointed by either the singing or the music [GF]

A fine transfer of Flagstad’s farewell to the Metropolitan in a performance of great dignity [RMo]

An imaginative programme, given fine performances [DJB]

by Ralph Moore

(Déjà Review) A disc that should be bought even by those who resist hype on principle [CH]