Frederick Chopin Institute

The predominant tone is of simple lyricism, and Kurzak captures it beautifully with her glinting soprano, moving easily between melancholy and shy eroticism...Kwiecien sings with soft-grained... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 More…

I scarcely noticed the words in either language, so bewitched was I by the simply wonderful vocal tone and phrasing. These are pure and exquisite respectively and the general approach is completely... — Early Music Review, February 2012 More…

However, this CD from the Fryderyk Chopin Institute is excellently produced, with full texts and translations, including notes about the
singers, the songs, and even the pianos. The songs themselves... — Fanfare, May/June 2020 More…