Browse: Rachmaninoff - Christ is risen, Op.26 No. 6

This is a distinctly beautiful voice, with some power but no undue showiness, an often crystalline top, good diction and expressive intelligence. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Imbrailo is an excellent guide throughout. The singing is technically impressive and the voice is youthful and focused, virile but with a constant hint of vulnerability…Bigger, grander (and more... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2018 More…

a hint of Rachmaninov's beloved Philadelphia string sound surfaces in a few portamentos, but there's no gloss. The beautiful, sombre line continues in a chain of superb solos for the central... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

for all his famously silky tones and deep-brown vocal shading Hvorostovsky does shape the lines meaningfully, and his delivery suits these songs admirably...Not everyone needs to respond to the... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Two figures in particular haunt this second volume of Chandos's survey of Rachmaninov's songs – Feodor Chaliapin and Rachmaninov himself. They had become friends in the years when they worked... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

The Polish-born American singer Ewa Podles is something of a cult figure, a true contralto of a quality rare nowadays. …she makes 'None but the lonely heart' remarkably touching and unhackneyed,... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2009, 4 out of 5 stars More…