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Financial Times (GB), 20. Oktober 2000
(...) the "spiritual" transformations are left for the music to spell out. The conductor Hartmut Haenchen does that exquisitely, never missing a high-strung erotic gasp or swoon.

Performances of King Roger don't come often. This one is sharply intuitive, if unshowy, and I recommend it warmly.

David Murray