Amazingly, this is the first acceptable single-CD issue of Prokofiev's songs. (David Nice)
Claudia Barainsky has a wide repertoire that includes works by Nono, Reimann, Zemlinsky and Berg (...)Hardly surprising that she feels at home here in Prokofiev, therefore. She also has the advantage of the ever-sensitive Axel Bauni to back her up. Bauni's insights into the accompaniments are a consistent delight of this disc. Barainsky and Bauni, in final analysis, do get closer to the heart of Prokofiev than their Delos rivals.(Colin Clarke)
A fine single-disc overview of Prokofiev's unique contribution to the song repertoire. (David Fanning)
Axel Bauni es una lección de compenetración, de seguimiento de los caprichos de la voz, de inteligencia en las proporciones sonoras y de humildad interpretativa. (V.M.)