Recording of the Week
“…This outstanding new performance from Alain Altinoglu and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra joins an extremely small number of recordings of the original, full-length version, and it is most certainly a sumptuous treat. It's such a vivid score, all brought out beautifully by Altinoglu and his players, from the dusky, portentous strains of the opening prelude, to sultry, alluring strings in dialogue with a sensuous cor anglais in the introduction to the fourth tableau, which itself gives way to the proud brilliance of the Dance of the Peacock as Salome appears at the top of the staircase adorned with feathers and jewels…”