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Robin Ticciati - Scottish Chamber Orchestra - Berlioz: Les nuits d'ete - AllMusic.com

...Cargill's marquee performance of Les nuits d'été is breathtaking. She absolutely nails the deliberate sensuousness of this work, the hovering sense of mystery, the vocally punishing long lines. The sheer beauty of Cargill's voice is worth the price of admission by itself. That beauty never sacrifices elocution at its own altar, and it develops into a series of distinct shades for each of Théophile Gautier's poems, including the uncanny 'Au cimitière' (At the Cemetery, track 5). The scale of Ticciati's performances also works in this somewhat more intimate (for Berlioz) piece, and Linn's engineers, working in Edinburgh's Usher Hall, deliver superior clarity. Whatever you think of all the rest of it, this is one of the best recordings of Les nuits d'été available.

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AllMusic.com
15 April 2013