Schubert - An den Mond, D193

The balance of sound towards the treble celebrates the fresh beauty of Sampson’s voice. The counterbalancing gravitas of topics and tempos allows Middleton to trace long structural lines...This... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

…a riveting solo debut recital from the young Dutch mezzo Christianne Stotijn… A gust of wind blows this recital in, and blows it out: Stotijn and her robustly proactive accompanist Joseph... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

A voice more for Schöne Müllerin than Winterreise, Bostridge's fresh, buoyant, beautifully articulated tenor suits these Lieder perfectly. The literary and musical impulses are in perfect equilibrium,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Both singer and pianist refined the art of simplicity...A more subtle virtue is the Partridges’ sensitivity to Schubert’s art of the unexpected. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2023 More…

…Watt's youthful, radiant delivery, with no flaws in technique that I can hear, fits many of the Lieder like a glove. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Sulayman is always engaging, with an appealing honesty to his approach and a vividness to his storytelling...His light, silvery tenor is in many ways suited to much of the programme’s theme,... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2020 More…

Schade is always an involved, communicative singer, eagerly responsive to mood and verbal detail, and excelling in tenderness and intimacy…the diamond-bright Spanish-English soprano Sylvia Schwartz... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2016 More…

This little 58-minute Schubertiad a la francaise makes a very good case for the viola as a Schubertian soulmate par excellence...Piau's irresistably radiant soprano, together with the viola...transforms... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…