CD, Tosti (composer)

Everything here (not least the filmic arrangements) is overheated in the best sense…Her sheer joy in choosing and singing this repertoire is tangible. A holiday romance it may be, but enjoy... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2019 More…

Camarena undoubtedly feels an affinity with this repertoire. In the story of Nina in ‘L’ultima canzone’, who is marrying someone else, he artfully blends nonchalance with hints of a broken heart.... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

After a period of neglect, Tosti's superior salon pieces are back… Ben Heppner certainly brings most of them off, even if his Italian is not entirely idiomatic… — BBC Music Magazine, September 2004, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It's been a long time since I have heard a disc of such class — Repertoire des Disques Compacts More…

Apart from the classic rendition of 'Il mio tesoro' from Don Giovanni, almost all the material recorded here by the great Irish tenor is salon if not parlour music, but his voice had no flaws... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The qualities which he brings to these trifles are ones which in fact stood him in good stead in Verdi and above all in Puccini, and anyone impressed by this disc should hear him in them. The... — Classic CD More…