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The Slavonic contralto of Sementchuk's lower register comes into flamboyant play in the oriental romances of Glazunov and Grechaninov, while Taneyev's 'Stalactites' showcases the mesh of lighter... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Petrova has a cleanly produced voice with a wonderful legato, fine instincts for expressive phrase shaping and ample tone for shading the music that never grows unwieldy in some of Tchaikovsky’s... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2018 More…

With her mezzo still steady and her diction a model, she is able to convey the varied repertoire here with admirable focus and expressivity, ideally supported by expert accompanist Simon Lepper. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

I have to hand it to Yannick Nezet-Seguin: this is without question one of the finest Pathetiques to have come my way in the last 30 or so years. Proof of credentials appears fairly early on. — Gramophone Magazine, December 2013 More…

Krasteva has a ripe, smoky mezzo, sounding not unlike Olga Borodina, and she doesn't pull her vocal punches…with booklet texts in Cyrillic, German and English, this is a worthwhile Tchaikovsky... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2016 More…