"In 'Idomeneo,' Mozart wrote choral music that is perhaps unequalled in any of his other operas... Seldom has the orchestra sounded more luminous and transparent than it did under Honeck’s baton."
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"Overall, the singing was good, but without setting the stage ablaze."
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"It was a performance of extremes, the accents that much more weighty, the fortes turned into fortissimos and the pianos into pianissimos....This relentless energy never wavered and at peak climaxes throughout it was impossible not to be overwhelmed by the power of the music."
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"Mozart’s beautiful melodies unfolded seamlessly, creating an almost trancelike effect. None of the drama or intensity of the score was lacking, but it was a performance on a particularly intimate scale."
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