BRITTEN: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM - MCNAIR, ASAWA, LONDON SYMPHONY (2 CDS)

Brian Asawa, Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Carl Ferguson, Claudia Conway, David Newman, Gwynne Howell, Hilary Summers, Ian Bostridge, Janice Watson, John Mark Ainsley, Mark Tucker, Matthew Long, Neal Davies, Paul Whelan, Robert Lloyd, Ruby Philogene, Sara Rey, Stephen Richardson, Sylvia McNair

Everything is heard with great clarity, the sensuousness of Britten's ravishing score, with all its mysterious harmonies and sonorities, is fully realized, action and reaction among the singers are keenly heard...Another plus for the new set is the casting of the lovers with young singers in their early prime. - GRAMOPHONE