Purcell - She loves and she confesses too, Z413

Supported with exceptional clarity by Jakob Lindberg, Kirkby conveys both intellectual appreciation and a deep emotional connection with the words in this recital...[her] 'Bess of Bedlam' is... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

here's a disc disc to remember come all those end-of-year round-ups... There's a directness to Phan's delivery, a clarity to his diction that has previously found its home in Britten's text-driven... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2015 More…

Pierce’s voice is delicious: clear, strong, supple, with sparkling top notes and a warm, textured middle and low register. She’s mistress of her words, bending vowels and clipping consonants... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This is not quite a complete lexicon (there are no ‘mad songs’ for example) but it offers a worthy platform for the acclaimed musical and dramatic skills of Randall Scotting and Stephen Stubbs. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Alla reveals herself as what these days could almost be termed an 'old-fashioned' early music singer, which is to say bell-like in tone and fearless in the use of non-vibrato...she shows impressive... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012 More…