New and Future Releases
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the result is coherently put together, with Hughes's resourceful vocal imagination and use of tone, plus the subtlety and careful placement of her decorations, drawing the ear again and again. —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2026, Editor's Choice
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The best of today's specialist vocal ensembles, whether active in period practice or devoted to the new, can more or less guarantee delivery of the required pitches though vibrato-lite accuracy... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Editor's Choice
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Davidsen’s soprano sounds fresh, gleaming and direct, her top-most notes silvery. She knows how to ensure nothing gets overblown – and how to get so close to the edge that the effect is thrilling,... —
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New. Massenet: Songs With Orchestra – II
Julien Henric, Thomas Dolié (baritone), Hélène Guilmette, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Bertrand Dubos, Orchestre de l'Opéra Normandie Rouen, Pierre Dumoussaud
All four singers - Bouchard-Lesieur, Hélène Guilmette, Julien Henric and Thomas Dolié - walk a line between extrovert operatic singing and the emotional intimacy that makes Massenet so lovable. —
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New. In Heaven
Songs for a Trip to Space
Olivia Vermeulen (mezzo), Jan Philip Schulze (piano/synthesizer)
An extraordinary sonic journey. This duo consistently delivers inventive concepts yet their deeper artistic purpose never eclipses their light touch. Schulze's virtuosic playing matches Vermeulen's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2026, Vocal Choice
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New. Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto), Andrew Staples (tenor), Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Offering more than a changed perception of colour, Roth and the superb musicians of Les Siècles effect a rethinking of texture itself. Individual lines are uncannily clear, lending new prominence... —
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Zuljan's playing is delicate and nuanced, articulates the inner voices clearly, and in the improvisations (as with his accompaniment to Byron's poem 'Darkness' spoken by Brunet), endlessly responsive. —
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The two artists are steeped in the Russian song tradition. Theirs is a visionary account, for instance, of 'How fair this spot'. Sergey Rybin's discrete playing nicely balances soprano Anastasia... —
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There are two appealing strengths to this recording. The first is that Grace Davidson and Julian Perkins are eminent and experienced performers who know how to make the most of this repertory.... —
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