Browse: Eugene Asti (piano)

[Karthäuser] excels in the lighter, earlier songs in which Debussy is developing his own style…Dégout has the ideal weight, colour and poise to explore the later, broader canvases of setting... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 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…

Karthauser…is sensitive to Wolf’s sour-sweet, ever-shifting harmonies, and the raw nerves of the melodic line as it responds to the verse. And she is warmly supported by every nuance of accompaniment... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016, 3 out of 5 stars More…

It’s difficult to make any Winterreise recording stand out against the current competition, but James Rutherford’s rich baritone grabs attention. Schubert’s song cycle has been transposed a minor... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[James Rutherford] has at his disposal a wonderfully healthy and rounded bass-baritone voice…and his German is impeccable…the cycle has a slow-burn cumulative power, and if Rutherford’s tone... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016 More…

Sophie Karthäuser and Eugene Asti are both accomplished mimics, and miss no opportunities among the larks (Lalo’s L’Alouette’), cicadas (Chabrier’s ‘Les Cigales’), cats (Rossini’s famous cat... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

...the best of the young singers here is the mezzo Anna Grevelius...As in previous volumes, Eugene Asti plays with a refreshingly light touch and a lively sense of rhythm. — Gramophone Magazine, September 2010 More…