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The voice – a distinctive instrument offering a hint of Christian Gerhaher’s refined artlessness and some of the pleasingly acidic tang of Wolfgang Holzmair – changes according to the accompaniment:... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2021 More…

though Piau takes few risks with colour and time, her sound is always brilliant. Kadouch, too, is strict with tempo but superb with colour. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Hannigan’s luminous voice perfectly suits this music. She conveys the uneasy, almost unhinged feel of the fin de siècle not only in her lyric singing, but also in her crooning, swopping, sliding,... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

an intriguing concept and a thought-provoking addition to this fearless artist’s catalogue, but one that ultimately also shows her limitations. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2024 More…

A Dies Irae is an apt place for Prohaska to begin her musically wide-ranging exploration of ‘life in death’, and the gloom is leavened by lightness elsewhere. There are early musical delights,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2022, 3 out of 5 stars More…

It almost goes without saying that the performances are magnificent...Warmly supported by the Orchestre Victor Hugo under Jean-François Verdier and captured in glowing sound, Piau has created... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

In Das heisse Herz you feel the presence of Schumann, the popular dance hall, folk tunes, and the torment of Wozzeck as filtered through Widmann’s sensibility. The piano part parallels the voice... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2022 More…

Much of it is beautifully done. Charvet has a warm, appealing mezzo, with a tangy lower register and fine dynamic control at the top. She’s at her best in jazz-inflected or declamatory numbers...Manoff,... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2020 More…