Tchaikovsky - Skazhi, o chom v teni vetvey (Tell me, what in the shade of the branches), Op. 57 No. 1

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,... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

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 dynamics...Inevitably... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2010 More…

A marvellously rich programme recorded by Russian music's exiled royal couple. Vishnevskaya's voice is still forceful but often squally in this 1991 recording; but their intense feeling for... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2009 More…