Fono Forum2021 FebruarafafBernd Feuchtner2021 Februar"Seiner Erziehung hat es offenbar an nichts gemangelt, jedenfalls singt Mathias Vidal diesen Abaris mit so delikaten Arabesken, dass man von der eleganten Technik des Tenors auf die Eignung des jungen Mannes als Prinzgemahl schliessen muss. Auch Abaris' zarte Liebeserklärungen an die Königin Alphisa zeugen von verfeinerter Kultur ... Der Chor bleibt dem Drama nichts schuldig, und das Orchester funkelt in immer neuen Facetten. Wunderbar belebt sind auch die zahllosen Ballettnummern. Noch die letzte Gavotte wird zu einem tänzerischen, leuchtenden Ereignis".
BBC music magazine2020 NovemberafafChristopher Cook (musikanmelder)2020 November"In what is a thoroughly considered performance, Deborah Cachet tackles the role of Laphise with nuanced delicacy while Caroline Weynants matches her nicely as her confidante, Sémire. As Abaris, Mathias Vidal fields a performance founded on powerful ringing tone ... Clear sound allows both the excellent work of the chorus and the skill of the period-instrument orchestra to register impressively ... Václav Luks conducts with a combination of style, precision and dramatic impetus".
The gramophone2020 DecemberafafRichard Lawrence2020 December"Editor's choice: This is a first-rate performance, on a par with Gardiner's terrific recording on Erato. That set doesn't include a libretto (there's a trenchant explanation of the omission in the booklet). This one does, with a good translation by Christopher Bayton; he must have buried his head in his hands when he received the printed version, with its typos and general muddle".