…Piau's radiant tone, renowned clarity of diction and range of sensuous emotion make this a heavenly experience.

As the cover art might suggest, Sandrine Piau’s new album is dedicated to exploring the different sides of womanhood. I’m not sure I can claim to know how close she gets, but this programme – which includes songs by composers as disparate as Debussy, Richard Strauss and Zemlinsky – contains some of the most exquisite singing I have heard from this wonderful soprano...This is a blessedly unhackneyed programme, performed from start to finish with exceptional finesse