Natalie Dessay (Lucia) - Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor on CD

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Product description MAR 0512; MARIINSKY - RUSSIA; Classica Lirica Review Disc of the Week Here is a Lucia to match Callas or Sutherland. Natalie Dessay s light soprano gives a vivid impression of Lucia s vulnerable personality. The Mad Scene is enthralling. Piotr Beczala is a gloriously virile Edgardo, and the Italian style of the Russian cast more than acceptable. With Valery Gergiev a surprisingly sensitive conductor, this is a top-rank recording of a marvellous opera Daily Telegraph (UK) --Daily Telegraph (UK) Editor's Choice 'The new recording from the Mariinsky brings us into another world ... Dessay's delicately thought-out heroine, [is] well captured in this new Russian set' --Gramophone (UK) **** Performance ***** Recording The main attraction is Natalie Dessay as Lucia, a part she can despatch without strain ... as post-Maria Callas Lucias go, she is one of the best --BBC Music Magazine (UK)