Robin Ticciati - Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra - Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ - Classical Ear

Robin Ticciati keeps the score transparent while also yielding wonderful moments such as ‘The Shepherds' Farewell' (Part 2). Each of the vocal soloists is excellent, whether narrating or portraying a character, and the good people that inhabit the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and its Choir respond sensitively and, when required, dramatically to Ticciati's carefully plotted course. The recording is clean and well balanced, the text and translation are included, and Berlioz ensures that flutefanciers and harp pundits are not forgotten. Fantastique!