Puccini - O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)

this is Rolls-Royce singing, the voice a finely tuned engine whose expressive powers go from zero to off-the-dial in seconds as an introspective pianissimo builds to an outburst of unleashed... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Angela Gheorghiu delivers some of her finest singing on a disk full of Puccinian gems — BBC Music Magazine, April 2005 More…

Capuçon accordingly produces an elegantly sustained, warm sound, inflected by a mediumpaced, medium-width vibrato, and phrases everything to exquisite perfection…Some may prefer something a little... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

here is a young, sweet-toned lyric soprano able to float pianissimos in the highest register to ravishing effect...what I treasure most of all on the disc [is] the excerpt from Verdi's Otello...The... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2014 More…

It’s a superbly burnished and powerful instrument: firm in the lower registers; steely but beautiful at the top, with a terrific sheen...This box is invaluable for anyone wanting to hear one... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2020 More…

Liquid Gold; the real thing — The Times More…