COMPOSERS: Menotti
LABELS: Naxos
WORKS: Amahl and the Night Visitors; Sebastian Suite
PERFORMER: Allen, Kuhlmann; Studio orchestra and chorus/Schippers; Robin Hood Dell Orchestra of Philadelphia/Mitropoulos
CATALOGUE NO: Naxos 8.111364 (1946/51)
Naxos marks Menotti’s centenary year with a batch of well-remastered reissues. Here his famous Christmas tale for television, touchingly performed, is coupled with a lively ballet suite. Anthony Burton