Gruberova's voice sounds rather fuller on CD than it did on the equivalent LP, but the newer medium also accentuates the edge on her higher notes, something in her tone one notices less in the opera house. Again, one marvels at her highly-finished coloratura technique, nowhere more so than in Ophelia's mad scene and, as on her recent complete recording of the opera on LP (HMV, 11/84), in the corresponding episode for Lucia, which is here happily recorded not quite so closely; indeed, I find it altogether more appealing, with appreciable feeling for the text. As a whole, the recital offers too many vocal pyrotechnics for one session, but if you take one or two pieces at a sitting the result is undoubtedly impressive, both in technical and musical terms. The balance between voice and orchestra is excellent.'