Cublai, gran kan de' Tartari (2025)

"(...) This new disc joins a formidable and growing discography of excellence. Rousset as usual directs from the fortepiano with bass continuo in recitatives. Salieri perhaps didn’t have the same God-given talent for melody and sheer bravado as his younger colleague Mozart, but once again in Cublai we can experience his undoubted musical genius and perfect sense of timing. The opera moves fast; indeed, it is quite breathless in places. There is some inappropriate text in the libretto to do with racial stereotypes which may indeed have been amusing to the audience at the time, but which feels wrong now. We are lucky to have the records, though, and I urge you to investigate this or indeed any of the series on Aparté. There are several more Salieri works Rousset could turn to, pre- and post-dating Cublai. I would also love him to direct Una cosa rara one day." (musicwebinternational.com)