Avi Music

Krimmel is always a pleasure to listen to, and with Heide makes a fine, often probing partnership. With a tiny handful of exceptions, Liszt’s songs have long been relegated to the margins. Here... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2022 More…

There is no question that the impression of a lyric symphony with obbligato voices is what Fischer is striving for and notably achieves here. There is a transparency throughout and all the ‘vocal’... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2019 More…

The opening performance of the songs that give the album its title shows off the same easy, instinctive manner that characterised Arcayürek’s Schubert...That’s not to say, though, that he doesn’t... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2020 More…

This sparkling Kyrgyzstan-born light-lyric soprano recently scored a palpable hit as Sophie in the Bavarian State Opera’s live-streamed Der Rosenkavalier, and that same combination of crystalline... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, March 2021 More…

…Almost everything Kanabas and Heide do on this recording is in absolute alignment with the emotional content of the music; and, occasionally, their choices also announce the presence of the... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2023 More…

Even if the packaging did not point up the theme of 1913 in Vienna, this delectable recording would still be a feast of amazing music, beautifully played...Kornauth may be new to many listeners... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…