or when you’re asked to quantify the difference between a 10-CD box of Haydn trios and a Vaughan Williams symphony. One might as well try comparing coffee with a wheelbarrow. The music choice just ...

The presence of Véronique Gens’s name on a CD press release is pretty much a cast-iron guarantee of classy singing ... Sandrine Piau, with whom she now shares a Gramophone Award for their superb disc ...