"With playing that is both elegant and vivid, and with superb, demonstration-worthy sound, Dutoit's polished yet affectionate coupling of the L'Arlesienne and Carmen suites makes a clear first choice." --Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2008 Edition, page 186.
The combination of Dutot and the OSM in French repertory is a guarantee of musical and technical excellence. This CD featuring of one of the earliest Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Charles Dutoit discs of the ever popular L'Arlesienne and Carmen Suites, makes a perfect set of Bizet's orchestral pieces in superb digital sound.
