Browse: Aparté (label)

It's stylishly presented and excellently accompanied by the Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset; a slight letdown, though, comes with young Gheorghiu hersel. Her appealingly bright, agile... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2012, 3 out of 5 stars More…

There are one or two rough edges in Emelyanychev’s first recording with his Russian ensemble (the horns could definitely have benefited from another take in the third-movement trio), but I love... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, November 2018 More…

It's interesting to hear Bach’s A minor Violin Concerto in the context of contemporary German works, even though the performance isn’t always engaging…There’s technical assurance in Thibault... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Under Stern’s direction, the slender-sounding band plays with great alertness...As Zeliska, Chantal Santon-Jeffery brings a creamy soprano that is nevertheless light and agile...It may pale next... — Opera, April 2022 More…

The Greek baritone is versatile in opera, and his French is faultless in Gounod’s settings of Gauthier, de Musset and Hugo...The Maid of Athens gives Christoyannis a chance to sing in his native... — Sunday Times, 22nd July 2018 More…

This performance doesn’t attempt to sound gratuitously beautiful, but digs into the tragic substance of the music, and the players aren’t afraid to bring flexibility to the pulse, so there’s... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This recording reveals her as a major artist…There’s a wealth of detail to savour in these performances…Conunova grabbed my attention from the first bars of Prokofiev’s First Sonata, employing... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2018 More…