Deutsche Grammophon

Garanča's is a medium-scale mezzo approach, elegant and devoid of ugly lurches into chest voice. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

he remains more than capable of the spellbinding legato that Wolfram's Hymn to the Evening Star requires...purely musical values are of rare distinction. The Parsifal scene in particular benefits... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2011 More…

Crucially, his linguistic abilities are up to the challenge, and throughout the recital his French proves genuinely idiomatic. So does his appreciation of French style, with its important focus... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The French items suit her slightly cool voice better. There’s a classy, moving grandeur to Didon’s ‘Adieu, fière cité’, and a lovely wistfulness to her Mignon…in short, here’s a beautifully... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2017 More…

Nézet-Séguin cues a fine-spun accompaniment at the start and close of No. 1. Whereas he, the COR and Batiashvili collude for a carping attack at the centre of the Scherzo…She perfectly captures... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2018 More…

It is a fairly leisurely account, encouraging us to listen to what is happening at the moment rather than what is going to emerge from or follow it. That is fine until we reach the last movement,... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Villazon] successfully negotiates the exposed or awkward passages. In the bigger singing of the third act...there's a touch of the old, devil-may-care Villazon...Even better is [Koch's Charlotte]...But... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…