Browse: Messiaen - Melodies (3)

For me, the lighter popular songs that conclude the disc, with Alder floating exquisitely soft high notes, take the prize. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

LeBlanc has a strong pedigree in Baroque repertoire, and her clear fresh voice is especially effective in the Trois mélodies and as the pure 'first soul' in La mort du nombre, Lawrence Wiliford... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2008, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Biographically this makes for beautiful programming but musically it's also a fascinating pairing...Both Nordskog and Bakke give refined, idiomatic performances, finding the intimacy if not always... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2014 More…

…represent the composer at his most intimately personal, conveying tenderness and ardent fire by turns, with often surreal imagery matched by music that shows scant regard for the niceties of... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2005 More…

Hetna Regitze Bruun and Kristoffer Hyldig prove to be fine advocates of Messiaen's music: Hyldig displays a sure touch and a keen sense of colour, while Bruun has the range of expression and... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…