Early Reviews are a Rave for Jakob Lehmann's New recording of Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri

 "Jakob Lehmann clearly sets his own emphasis. His orchestral line-up and instrumentation strives for authenticity...and allows the instrumentalists a degree of improvisational freedom in the solo passages that is usually only granted to the singers. It is particularly striking that the recitatives are accompanied not only by a keyboard instrument, but also by cello, double bass and fortepiano, which provides more potential for interpretation and gives these moments additional weight...The singing of the exclusively young soloists may not always be for purists, but that is not the intention. Rather, the aim is to create maximum liveliness. And they succeed. From the very first minute, the atmosphere tingles, the musical balls fly back and forth at a crazy tempo and the joy of playing is transmitted." Read the full review at the link below.