Name: Richly Staged and Leanly Played
Item: L'italiana in Algeri
Author: Herbert Büttiker

Part of the strong musical impression left by the guest performance… is the contribution of the orchestra… Beautiful, for example, the horns; beautiful altogether the softness, lightness and precision of the playing; and outstanding the conducting of Nayden Todorov in the clarity of the transitions, in the disposition of tempo and dynamics, in the momentum of the whole.