CD, Turina (composer)

Halász avoids cliché, the more familiar repertoire tempered by the lesser known, and contrasts of style and substance. Halász’s playing is deeply expressive, finding a huge variety of tones.... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Labourdette has a clear and high-lying soprano, generally evenly produced and sweet at the top... She and Guerrero work effectively together. — Opera Now, November 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The three vocal items here are novelties...They are sung with ravishing sweetness of tone by Clara Mouriz, who sounds born to sing them...Mena's accounts of the Danzas, Ritmos and Sinfonia stand... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2013 More…

…extrovert in manner, DiDonato relishes the richness of her voice and spins some gorgeous, purely vocal moments in Falla's Seven Popular Spanish Songs. She is aided by deliciously playful accompaniment... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2007 More…

Bream was a frequent visitor to the Aldeburgh Festival and, in 1958, he performed with Peter Pears in a well-paced set of Dowland songs and lute solos, which found both at the top of their game.... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Bridge CD is a live performance from the 2004 Caramoor Festival. Its star, without a doubt, is the great mezzo Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, who died less than two years later. ...Hunt Lieberson... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Rossini figures largely in this second Berganza compilation alongside songs from the regions of Spain as well as some zarzuela items, to which the mezzo brings her unique and inimitable artistry. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…