Massenet
“Sir Colin Davis has rarely directed a more sensitive or more warmly expressive performance on record than his account of Werther, based on a stage production at Covent Garden. Frederica von Stade makes an enchanting Charlotte, outshining all current rivals on record, both strong and tender, conveying the understanding but vulnerable character of Goethe’s heroine. Carreras… uses a naturally beautiful voice freshly and sensitively. Others in the cast such as Thomas Allen as Charlotte’s husband Albert and Isobel Buchanan as Sophie, her sister, are excellent too. This is one of the very finest French opera sets.” The Penguin Guide