Gramophone Magazine February 2006 “…Giovanni Martinelli's Otello… The taut concentration of tone matches the emotional intensity; at every point a close and receptive study of the score has yielded its reward. The conductor Panizza was Toscanini's deputy in earlier years, and something of the master's energy is felt, in company with more flexibility and willingness to accommodate his singers. Tibbett's lago is superbly caught, the best account of the role on records, not forgetting Gobbi. It is a mercurial portrayal, now genial, now ironic or insinuative, nakedly malignant.”