"Here's another Mozart Singspiel recreated as an audio-drama, with both René Jacobs's intensely musical direction, orchestral playing tingling with character and detail ... Dimitry Ivashchenko`s Osmin is a true basso profundo, always droll but never overdone. Julian Pregardien's Pedrillo is delightfully whimsical, and delectably phrased ... In Mari Eriksmoen he has a bright eyed and feisty Blonde, spinning the finest lines of embellishment and ornamentation ... A classic Jacobs taken on Mozartian Singspiel, imaginative and user-friendly throughout".