Romanian conductor Nicolae Moldoveanu is gentle and lyrical when necessary at times and just as melodramatic and histrionic as you'd expect at other times.

JOHN J PUCCIO, CLASSICAL CANDOR

 

Moldoveanu maintains zippy rhythms throughout, building a good deal of excitement while displaying a firm control of the ballet's poetic sequences, especially the waltzes.

JOHN J PUCCIO, CLASSICAL CANDOR

 

Nicolae Moldoveanu and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra appear to have found an ideal working relationship, for virtually everything comes together in this splendid performance of the classic ballet.

BLAIR SANDERSON, ALL MUSIC

 

Moldoveanu has found ways to interpret the work with subtle rubato, carefully timed phrasing, and tasteful adjustments to dynamics, and the ballet seems to be freshly revived with only the slightest of changes.

BLAIR SANDERSON, ALL MUSIC

 

With the Orchestra of the National Theatre and Nicolae Moldoveanu, two congenial partners have found each other. From the first moment you felt the highest coherence...

THEATER UND KONZERT, EGOTRIP