Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims Overture (The Journey to Reims)

“Fricsay is an easy recommendation for those not minding fast overall speeds. The orchestral playing is well up to the chosen tempi, the recording is first-rate and the whole effect exhilarating.” Penguin Guide, 1966

"The performances are undoubtedly as infectious as they are stylish" 3*

“strongly recommended, stylish performances in demonstration sound, with London's finest musicians.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition

“Twenty-four overtures, plus two sinfonias make a delightful package in such sparkling performances, which eruditely use original orchestrations. The well-known popular overtures stand competition with the best. Indeed, William Tell has almost Toscaninian thrust in the final gallop, but it is the frothy, infectious music-making which one enjoys the most.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition