Inessa Galante - REVIEWS
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“DEBUT”
“already a collector’s item” - Hugh Canning The Sunday Times September 1996
“This must be one of the most exciting debut recitals from any opera singer for a long time.” Gramophone November 1995
“...a Norma to rival that of Callas...” Classic CD
“Few debut recitals are as impressive as this one” Opera News (USA) November 1995
“HEROINES”
“a second disc of arias even better than her first” Alan Blyth, The Daily Telegraph September 1996
“Her Liu and Butterfly are heartrending” Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times September 1996
“JEWISH SONGS”
“Displays a sensitive command of dynamics and colour, intense commitment to verbal meaning and great beauty of tone” Gramophone August 1996
“MUSICA SACRA”
“...Galante shows herself equally at home in chamber recital...Campion should be applauded for bringing this beautiful music to our ears and they have a fine artist in Galante” Anna Picard, Classic CD June 1996
“...recorded live in a way that brings a vivid and exciting sense of contact...she impresses as a singer of memorable individuality...who induces a thirst for more” Gramophone April 1997
“ENCORE”
“There is something about Galante’s voice that is ineffably moving whatever she sings” CLASSIC FM Magazine Nov. 1997
“THE TCHAIKOVSKY
EXPERIENCE”
Recording of the Month, Gramophone Awards Issue 1997
“Inessa Galante’s contribution to “The Tchaikovsky Experience” was a thing of joy, in vocal and dramatic terms, and most notably included an account of Tatyana’s Letter Scene to die for...” Alan Blyth
“ARIETTA”
“[this] seventh CD is the best since her 1995 debut...more vocally assured and with some magically floated head notes.” Classic FM Magazine
“Pleasingly ambient recording and sensitive support from Stephenson and London Musici...highlighting Galante’s robust, intelligently modulated vocalisation and dramatic flair” BBC Music Magazine
“AT WIGMORE HALL”
“Inessa Galante’s voice is lovely... but the fact that she makes such good use of it renders this recital truly enjoyable.... ‘At The Ball’[is] a little gem of singing and playing” International Record Review January 2001
“Galante at her best sings ravishingly, Roger Vignoles accompanies superbly.” Gramophone February 2001
“A B C”
“Galante’s singing...pleases to the utmost, voice gleaming on high, warm in its middle register, the latter particularly effective in‘Quia respexit’” John T Hughes International Record Review April 2002
“The Latvian soprano has one of the loveliest voices of our time, smooth and rich and, at its centre, comparable in quality to Gheorghiu’s” John Steane, Gramophone, February 2002
“MOZART MASS IN C etc.”
“...a most pleasing score that provides a platform for the gorgeous singing of the famous Latvian soprano, Inessa Galante....A thrilling Exsultate is a major bonus.” David Denton / Yorkshire Post
“Inessa Galante is the most fully employed of the solo quartet and she has the opportunity to shine again in the familiar Exsultate and the seldom heard Quernae superna” International Record Review, May 2002
“...something that lovers of Mozart’s sacred music will want to have. The excellent sound, choir and soprano make this a truly wonderful disc” Music on the Web, March 2002
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