Amore e Morte. Ekaterina Siurina chante Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti et Rossini. Siurina, Burnside.

   in Opera Now (Jan, 2014)
This is the second wave of issues from Rosenblatt Recitals, equally welcome as the first. The Recitals tend to present singers who are less well-known in the UK, or more established names offering repertoire generally not associated with them.

Ekaterina Siurina, known for her operatic appearances, has recorded a song recital. She has a lovely soprano, sweet and fleet, but the first song sounds not dissimilar to the last. It turns into ‘guess the composer – Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti or Rossini?’ So it’s all very pleasing as a parlour game but regretfully not very exciting. Siurina has a lot more to offer than this disc suggests. Iain Burnside accompanies idiomatically.

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