The rape of Lucretia

"Vurdering: Gramophone choice" - "This performance springs into life from the opening bars. Ian Bostridge is on top form ... Knussen's keen sense of pacing tells in the grip of the drama ... [Kirchschlager] is the lightning rod for the electricity of the drama ... she creates a Lucretia entirely her own - not so much a formal classical Greek heroine, more a modern woman whose feelings are very close to the surface ... This new Virgin set ranks as one of the very best of the new generation of Britten opera recordings".