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…Christianne Stotijn is that artist in a thousand whose personality shines through everything she does. Her Russian characterisations and folk inflections seem spot-on in the vivid narratives... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2009, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Vocal Award Winner
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Make no mistake, Romaniw is a great talent. The plush richness of her soprano is astonishing...Romaniw taps into the melancholy of the Russian songs especially well…The selection from Janáček’s... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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The Times Records of the Year, 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song
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Many of the songs here make formidable technical demands on the pianist as well as the singer, and I mean absolutely no disrespect to Beczała when I say that Deutsch’s playing would be worth... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th August 2023
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Nearly 20 years have passed since Hvorostovsky first recorded Tchaikovsky songs...Alongside the same ineffable legato, there's still more pointing of the words and more inwardness in softer... —
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In the Still of Night
Songs by Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky
Anna Netrebko (soprano) & Daniel Barenboim (piano)
it's a pleasure to find that [Netrebko] hasn't - unlike some other Russian singers - lost touch with her native repertoire; and not just the well-known bits...she has this music in her bones,... —
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky - Complete Songs Volume 3
Ljuba Kazarnovskaya (soprano) & Ljuba Orfenova (piano)
Kazarnovskaya possesses a soprano rich in timbre and powerful in projection. She is fully in control of her instrument, capable of wonderfully delicate shadings in the more quiet passages...Tchaikovsky's... —
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Capuçon accordingly produces an elegantly sustained, warm sound, inflected by a mediumpaced, medium-width vibrato, and phrases everything to exquisite perfection…Some may prefer something a... —
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Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart
Selected Romances
Nadia Krasteva (mezzo-soprano) & Dora Deliyska (piano)
Krasteva has a ripe, smoky mezzo, sounding not unlike Olga Borodina, and she doesn't pull her vocal punches…with booklet texts in Cyrillic, German and English, this is a worthwhile Tchaikovsky... —
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