Mozart - Cosi Fan Tutte (vaness, Ziegler)

Carol Vaness (Fiordiligi), Delores Ziegler (Dorabella), Lilian Watson (Despina), John Aler (Ferrando), Dale Duesing (Guglielmo), Claudio Desdori (Don Alfonso) Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

BBC Music Magazine October 2008 **** “A fine, effectively complete recording. Haitink's reading is sunny rather than brilliant, but with a typically superlative Glyndebourne stage cast even if the men - the sardonic Desdei excepted - are less characterful than the ladies.” Penguin Guide 2010 *** “With speeds often more measured than usual, Haitink's EMI version still conveys the sparkle of a live performance at Glyndebourne. The excellent teamwork, consistently conveying humour, makes up for a cast-list rather less starry than on some rival versions.