Prokofiev - Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova, Op. 27

Few voices of this kind scale down effectively in song recital, but Bullock has a spectrum of vocal colours which she puts at intelligent service of the text - and in Malcolm Martineau she has... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Gritskova’s performances are a delight though. She has a light, flexible mezzo – she’s sung a fair number of Rossini roles – and displays an engaging personality, particularly in ‘The Rosy Dawn’,... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2020 More…

Joan Rodgers’s live recitals of Russian song, and her earlier Tchaikovsky album for Hyperion, set up huge expectations for this disc of four song cycles which have become classics of the repertoire.... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2004, 4 out of 5 stars More…