Noseda seeks to take the audience from the edge of consciousness to the blazing fires of the battlefield. Bostridge spins a beautiful line, and Keenlyside is excellent throughout. Decisive and confident, Sabina Cvilak has the Slavic edge that has seemed hard-wired into the part since the incomparable Vishnevskaya sang her part in the composer's own recording of the work in the early 1960s.
– Gramophone
Noseda brings a strong sense of Italianate lyricism to bear on the score, reminding us of Britten’s debt to Verdi. The choral singing is fervent and intense, the playing fierce and sensitive.
