Chausson - Le Colibri, Op. 2 No. 7 (de Lisle)

The intimacy and tenderness which she and Lepper bring to Hahn's evergreen À Chloris is worth the price of the disc alone, but everything here is utterly beguiling, with the strings of the RSNO... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, September 2021 More…

…Piau's radiant tone, renowned clarity of diction and range of sensuous emotion make this a heavenly experience. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

With this disc, the music of Chausson really does find revelatory new significance — The Times 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…

Philippe Jaroussky has a wide pitch range and absolute control throughout, with no tenseness at the top of hooting at the bottom, and his floated high notes are ravishing. Jérôme Ducros's accompanying... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

this is a marvelous release. Wolfgang Holzmair is one of the finest Lieder artists of recent decades. His recordings, ample testament to that legacy, will stand the test of time. Recommended... — Fanfare, Sep/Oct 2022 More…

The free-flowing late 19th-century Romanticism of Ernest Chausson overflows with colour and opulence. And if any voice was destined to match this music, it was that of Jessye Norman, whose account... — The Telegraph, 12th July 2008 More…