Download, Mascagni (composer)

After music college, Jonathan Tetelman abandoned singing and became a DJ...His is the sort of ardent, soul-baring voice you would want to be serenaded by when reclining on a chaise longue somewhere... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

She has a slender tone, definitely more lyric than spinto, and is often so deeply invested in her role that it’s not always a very ‘pretty’ sound. Yet it’s exactly these qualities that are her... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020 More…

Her voice reminds me now of Birgit Nilsson’s at the same stage, an Elsa and Sieglinde who is a Brünnhilde in waiting, with the same thrilling edge to her top register, though she isn’t lacking... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

There’s something of the young Roberto Alagna about Bernheim’s tenor, a bright, open sound, unforced and with a sunny smile in his voice. — Gramophone Magazine, May 2022 More…

This is a wonderful disc, the most exciting and enterprising operatic recital I have heard for a very long time...Kaufmann has everything, and at the age of 40 his voice may well be in its finest... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This is a big voice with a warm Italianate tone and a fitting sense of the legato required for this repertoire. Verismo sobbing is kept to a minimum. Beczala knows exactly how to build the drama... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…

An enjoyable introduction to a generation of opera composers who regarded the symphony as a vital source of inspiration, and gave it an added dash of passion. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…