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Ailish Tynan: Faure Mélodies (Rosenblatt Recitals)

Ailish Tynan: Faure Mélodies (Rosenblatt Recitals)

Ailish Tynan (Soprano); Iain Burnside (Piano);

"Tynan’s lyric soprano offers to these songs the perfect balance between rich warmth of tone and crystal purity. Tynan is a refined and intelligent artist, one of charm and spontaneity. Rarely can one trace anything other than a smile on Tynan’s features. This highly recommendable release is excellently recorded and presented with texts and translations." (Classical Source)

Ailyn Perez: Poème d'un jour (Rosenblatt Recitals)

Ailyn Perez: Poème d'un jour (Rosenblatt Recitals)

Ailyn Perez (Soprano); Iain Burnside (Piano);

"Pérez's Hahn and Fauré selections are subtly shaped, but the Massenet is on a different level of immediacy and character." (The Independent)

Anthony Michaels-Moore: Songs of the Sea - Songs of Travel (Rosenblatt Recitals)

Anthony Michaels-Moore: Songs of the Sea - Songs of Travel (Rosenblatt Recitals)

Anthony Michaels-Moore (Baritone); Michael Pollock (Piano);

"In all these sea-faring songs Michaels-Moore's voice is richly unfurled. Stanford's settings are great fun, especially when sung and played as enthusiastically as here. As his songs do not receive the attention that they deserve, these selections fill a gap." (International Record Review)

Ekaterina Siurina: Amore e Morte (Rosenblatt Recitals)

Ekaterina Siurina: Amore e Morte (Rosenblatt Recitals)

Ekaterina Siurina (Soprano); Iain Burnside (Piano);

"In the words of the old cliché, one song is worth the price of the disc alone: the spectacular performance of ‘Lo spazzacamino’ (The chimney-sweep). In a chugging 2/4 the tradesman assures us how much he enjoys his work (marked brillante and con slancio); then he bursts into an exhilarating waltz, both given full value by the two artists here. Burnside judges well when to be prominent and when to withdraw. Ekaterina Siurina has been notably successful to date in the lyric coloratura repertoire: there is an occasional occlusion in her tone as she ascends the scale, slightly reminiscent of Renata Scotto. I wonder if she may follow that soprano into heavier roles. Meanwhile this release is something of a collector’s item." (Classical Source)

Francesco Meli: Britten and Liszt Sonnets (Rosenblatt Recitals)

Francesco Meli: Britten and Liszt Sonnets (Rosenblatt Recitals)

Francesco Meli (Tenor); Matteo Pais (Piano);

"…one can feel the passion literally bristling beneath the surface in both expression and control … a lyric tenor" (The Washington Times)