Gounod - Sérénade

The beauty of Alice Coote’s mezzo-soprano glows with radiance. — Financial Times, 9th May 2015 More…

This well-filled two-CD set is surely the most wide-ranging single issue of Gounod's mélodies.
The first of the discs confirms the commonly held view of Gounod. Almost without exception the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

…it's the Verdi group that is the heart of the first half. "In solitaria stanza", with its main theme closely resembling "Tacea la notte" from Il trovatore, must rank as one of the loveliest... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2007 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…

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…

As soon as Danco starts to sing, her identity is unmistakable, a bright, vibrant voice, impassioned in its delivery, with perfect diction and an intuitive grasp of text. ‘The Decca Recitals’... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2020 More…