Browse: Aparté (label)

There's no mistaking the fineness of Christoyannis's artistry. He sculpts phrases with great refinement and warmth of tone. There's some superb soft singing here...His way with words is immaculate,... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2017 More…

The lyrical Offertorium is a high point in Schumann's rarely performed Mass. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

there's no doubting that it's the excitement of [Ibragimova's] msuic-making that stamps its personality on these performances. Not that her fellow musicians sit back, but her dazzling playing... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Copland’s original chamber scoring of Appalachian Spring is the highlight here – rarely has the enchanting penultimate section, a set of variations on the Shaker melody ‘Simple Gifts’, sounded... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

[An] imaginative account of Vivaldi’s masterpiece which bursts with vitality. Conunova can conjure a sublimely gorgeous tone, but is also adventurous in her use of timbre without ever seeming... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Gaillard has always displayed an extraordinary palette of colours and these some alive more than ever on this recording...the voyage into earlier repertoire since her last such disc...seems to... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2013 More…

There is effortlessly flowing momentum throughout these performances – such as the irresistibly lovely chaconne in ‘L’Impériale’ and the closing gigue of ‘La Piémontaise’, each played with gently... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2019 More…

[The arias] are particularly suited to the pellucid, languid sensitivity and affecting charm of Watson’s voice, which always displays an ability to colour text with an understanding of the nuances... — Opera, February 2020 More…

The singers are generally good. Camille Allérat brings a passionate voice to the role of Dido (though occasionally with unsteady vibrato), and Renato Dolcini as Aeneas inserts drama into the... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2022, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 3 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…