Saint-Saëns - La libellule

At the heart of the album is the cycle Huit Chansons de Fleurs, by Ricky Ian Gordon. He’s no slouch when it comes to picturing words in his music – so we have drunken bees teetering along the... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2024, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

It runs to just 48 minutes, but quickly establishes Bonthrone as a major talent: the Scottish tenor is warmly communicative in all four languages, bringing tipsy élan to Rossini's L'orgia and... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, August 2023 More…