Les interprétations vocales sont idéales car Pacini se voit servi par la crème des chanteurs de bel canto actuels à l’instar de Jennifer Larmore impériale dans la cavatina extraite de Temistocle ou Annick Massis dans une superbe Cabaletta dell’aria finale tirée d’Allan Cameron.
Pierre-Jean Tribot
resmusica.com
05/11/2006

Annick Massis is just one star of the CD, with her dramatic coloratura soprano appearing twice to devastating effect. The virtuosic Terzetto from Cesare In Egitto demands the highest technical ability of its soprano, who must negotiate a series of inconsiderately fiendish ornamentations above a rondo theme sung by two tenors. Massis's laser-like projection allows her not so much to float over as stand forcibly astride the accompaniment, while her fluid yet firmly directed coloratura is breathtaking.
And there is no conceivably better way to end the CD than with the cabaletta from Allan Cameron, which forces Massis into her highest registers (notably up to a high E flat) yet there is no sign of strain in her voice. The culminating high C sharp is both astoundingly accurate and piercing in its intensity
Dave Paxton
musicomh.com
4 September 2006