CD, Viardot-Garcia (composer)

This fine duo has evidently done extensive research to assemble this innovative and attractive programme...Grimaldi’s sweet-toned voice is often hugely appealing, and she’s excellently matched... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

For me, the lighter popular songs that conclude the disc, with Alder floating exquisitely soft high notes, take the prize. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Sophie Karthäuser and Eugene Asti are both accomplished mimics, and miss no opportunities among the larks (Lalo’s L’Alouette’), cicadas (Chabrier’s ‘Les Cigales’), cats (Rossini’s famous cat... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Both possess agile voices, heard to great effect in Fauré’s ‘Tarantelle’, and elsewhere Adriana González floats her high notes beautifully. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It is a measure of her gifts that Chen Reiss takes all these composers in her stride. That vocal stride is impressive: sustained lyric tone that is only rarely forced...Charles Spencer is as... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

For all her linguistic adeptness, Spanish-born British soprano Lowe is a tone-based singer who knows how to use vocal colour as an imaginative vehicle of expression. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2023 More…