Diana Damrau: Arie Di Bravura

So many coloratura sopranos over the decades have achieved stratospheric vocal gymnastics at the expense of colour and vocal personality but Diana Damrau is a thrilling exception. Diamond-etched high runs are blended with a womanly, soulful middle register. And she is an impassioned vocal actress, as committed to the Salieri arias in this fabulous selection as to the Mozarts. -- Gramophone [3/2008]