Category Archives: Recordings
Mozart Arias with Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Baldini
Released 15th June 2015
Classic FM Disc of the Week
Bach St Matthew Passion AAM / Egarr
As featured on Radio 3 CD review
Bach St John Passion AAM / Egarr
“…top drawer soloists… Elizabeth Watts’s Zerfliesse mein Herze is almost unbearably poignant.”
Paul Riley, BBC Music Magazine
J. S. Bach Cantatas & Arias
“A performance which mixes sumptuousness and refinement with impeccable poise and style…Watts is as authoritative and compelling a Bach soprano as you will find anywhere today.” – International Record Review
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Schubert Lieder
“[She] immediately makes plain why she is one of today’s most talked about young sopranos. Her beautiful, honey-toned voice, perfect intonation and innate understanding of this repertoire make this a stand-out CD.” – Stephen Pritchard, The Observer.
Strauss, The Complete Songs
“Elizabeth Watts sings gloriously, rising fluently to the high tessitura of Strauss’s melodic lines… Her beautiful voice, sensitive phrasing and response to word-meanings are consistently rewarding.” – Ivan March, Gramaphone.
Arne Artaxerxes
…the more brilliant tone of Elizabeth Watts combines with her more vivid treatment of the words (try her first aria Fly, soft ideas) and the more forward recorded sound to make a stronger impression…Watts’s triumphant upper notes, while the ruthless virtuousity of her Monster away! carries all before it.
John Steane, Gramophone, April 2011
Brahms Requiem
Brahms German Requiem
“This… was big, slow and overwhelming. The choral singing was wonderfully intense, and soloists Elizabeth Watts and Stéphane Degout were both outstanding. The long silence at its close, which no one dared to fracture with applause, was testament to its impact. ”
– Tim Ashley, The Guardian