Opus Arte

Pratt's soprano has a very lively, glittering surface...pinpoint flickers of brilliance in Eva Dell'Acqua's 'Villanelle', a confident high E flat in Rossini's 'La fioraia fiorentina'. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2016 More…

[Meli is] one of the great tenor hopes of his generation. This is a fresh and lively voice that pings out of the speakers...he essays Britten’s Michelangelo Sonnets and Liszt’s Petrarch Sonnets,... — Opera Now, 4 out of 5 stars More…

He is a superb player, with a tone that is slightly cool, and there is much delicacy of nuance in his phrasing...So the listener can expect something distinctive here, and is not disappointed. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2013 More…

Siurina has a lovely voice, with a bright edge and superb projection, but she never tries to over-interpret...the overall effect is of relaxed enjoyment. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, 4 out of 5 stars More…

'Piazzolla was a musical genius,' says film director Fernando Solanas (for whom Piazzolla composed in the 1980s) in Dibb's documentary, 'but his social and political views were not exactly advanced.... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

An all-pervasive aspect of the seven quartets, featured here in order of composition, is the ensemble's burning enthusiasm for the music, and the overpowering desire to convey a sense of discovery... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2005 More…