Browse: Brahms - Alte Liebe, Op. 72 No. 1

From Roger Vignoles's first light-filled notes in 'Bei mir sind meine Gedanken', with Bernada Fink's smiling, wide-eyed voice, these performers make it sound as though the ink is still wet on... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Morison’s mezzo basks in an almost inextinguishable warmth and radiance...Everywhere her sense of musical line is a wonder (pianist Malcolm Martineau conjuring wonderments of his own), though... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Connolly woos her audience with the calling-card for any and every mezzo: Haydn's dramatic cantata, Arianna a Naxos. And every second of its nervous and emotional life - its hopes, fears and... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This delectable recording makes a splendid case, if it were needed, for their worth. These four singers complement one another and blend effortlessly, seeming to share some crucial qualities:... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It's a sort of voice that we don't often hear on disc in song these days. Which is a shame, because Schuster is an instinctive artist and the interpretations themselves are wonderful. As a native... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2015 More…

The main purpose of this frustratingly fragmentary and unevenly mastered compilation of Lieder treasure seems to be to give a sampler tasting of the young Fischer-Dieskau in the 1950s, with... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A beautiful production of 31 best-loved songs, in lightly held, instinctive and intimate performances. A breath of the freshest musical air. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The velvety richness of Grace Bumbry’s mezzo is captured near the start of her international career in this Brahms programme with pianist Beaumont Glass at the Salzburg Festival. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…