Recording of the Week: '... the radiant French soprano Sandrine Piau [is] in absolutely superb vocal form throughout this thoughtfully-conceived programme of Zemlinsky, Berg and Strauss.'
Presto Music
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'Kopatchinskaja is always a pleasure … The Zürich Radio studio sound is superb, and throughout, there is a fine level of musical intelligence and tension at work here.'
All Music
'... the conductor turns the music into a sound stained-glass window ...'
Le Devoir
'Peter Whelan focuses on Tenducci’s Irish connection, wrapping contemporary instrumental music around some of the vocal favourites of his repertoire ...'
The Scotsman
'Whelan handles the music with typically invigorating drive and, like the agile mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught, responds to the album’s classical treatment of Irish tunes without undue sentimentality.'
The Irish Times
Choice: 'And Love Said is much more than a personal beautiful story. From intimacy in Come to Me in My Dreams (Frank Bridge) to fireworks and sensuality in Love's Philosophy (Roger Quilter) ...'
Klara
'In the sombre tunes, she turns her voice so tenderly inward that her singing seems to rise from the English rivers that so often feature in these songs.'
De Standaard
'The Maxwell's Haydn is broad, energetic, and technically brilliant.'
All Music
'Catriona Morison takes her mission as a performer very seriously, penetrating the core of the music with her warm, well-developed voice, revealing the emotional content to the listener in a most beautiful way.'
Pizzicato