Grammy Awards, Kurtág (composer)

The interpretations are of a consistently elevated standard. Messages of the Late Miss R Troussova, a signature Kurtág score, sets a marker: soprano Natalia Zagorinskaya gives a riveting performance... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This must have been an enthralling concert. It’s almost impossible to imagine Schubert’s Death and the Maiden in a string orchestral arrangement better played, with Kopatchinskaja a dynamic... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[Narucki is] the latest in a line of distinguished singers taking on the challenge of these coiled little outbursts.The average length of these sections is just over a minute, and one of the... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Each piece is beautifully crafted but collectively may be too much of a good thing, even in such a superb rendition. A disc for specialists, perhaps, but a special one. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2012 More…

...one of the finest examples of Kurtág’s vocal music I have encountered. Narucki’s probing intelligence is matched by a remarkable vocal talent, and the result is a triumph. All the assisting... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…