Opera News, March 1st, 2001
Cross, Ferrier, Ritchie, Pollak; Peas, O. Kraus, Brannigan, Donleavy; English Opera Group Orch., Goodall. Gala GL 100.560 (2)
The first sound of Kathleen Ferrier's voice, half an hour into this 1946 Amsterdam performance, provides complete justification for its release; the rich clarity of her true contralto is unmistakable and magnetic, even through a dim and inconsistent source that has seen better days. Hearing Ferrier's Lucretia, one understands Britten's musical conception of the role and its place in the ingeniously planned timbral layout of this chamber opera.
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