Once again, Coline Dutilleul, accompanied by pianist Aurelia Visovan (playing Stephen Paulello's extraordinary "Opus 102"), offers us a recording that reflects her own style: deeply poetic and exquisitely delicate. The title: "In deinen süßen Händen - Musik für verlorene Seelen." In English: "In your sweet hands - music for lost souls."

Press excerpts:

„This is an extraordinarily well-crafted and consistently high-quality album: the project, the visuals, the choice of works, the liner notes, and the musical interpretation.“ (La Libre Belgique, N.B., 03.06.26).

“A program about mourning and the melancholy of loss, built around some of Schubert’s most famous Lieder: for a singer still at the beginning of her career, and moreover one whose mother tongue is French (albeit with impeccable German), the risk is immense. The success is all the more brilliant.” (Diapason, Sylvain Fort, July 2026)

„What the excellent Belgian label Fuga Libera presents under the reference FUG864 is an intimate chamber music work of remarkable internal logic and coherence. Mezzo-soprano Coline Dutilleul and pianist Aurelia Vişovan draw a bow between the Baroque structures of Johann Sebastian Bach and the melancholic depths of Franz Schubert. The ensemble might sound like heavy going, but a dynamic unfolds within it that leaves the listener surprisingly invigorated. One emerges from this seventy-minute immersion in a balm for the soul with a feeling of purification and an astonishing lightness. (…) Coline Dutilleul resists the temptation to tear the melodies apart with operatic power. Her mezzo-soprano, with its restrained vibrato and gentleness, creates an atmosphere of almost ghostly unreality that immediately captivates the listener.“ (Online Merker, Dirk Schauß, May 2026)

„Unlike the great mezzo-sopranos of yesteryear (Marilyn Horne, Christa Ludwig, Janet Baker), the Belgian singer doesn't transpose Schubert's score down to showcase her lower register. She sings it in the original key, with a soprano palette reminiscent of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Her interpretation of „Vom Mitleiden Mariä“ (which depicts the Virgin Mary's sorrow) is no less striking. Her timbre constantly shifts; more velvety in the lower register, firmer in the upper, with intermediate states that defy categorization.“ (Le Monde, Pierre Gervasoni, 23.06.26)

Recording released by Fuga Libera (Outhere Music), available on all streaming platforms and at good record stores.

24.06.26

It's good news that the acclaimed album Mussorgsky: Songs and Romances (Stone Records label), featuring Katherine Broderick and pianist Sergey Rybin, has just been reissued.

Here some press reviews:

"Sumptuous". (Opera Now)

"Katherine Broderick favours nuance and expression against raw dramatic power, enhanced by bright tone and diction clearer than many native singers. Sergey Rybin's accompaniments, strikingly fluent and idiomatic, no doubt contribute to Broderick's apparent ease in Russian." (BBC Music Magazine)

"Katherine Broderick’s soprano has Wagnerian power but she controls it well to produce gorgeous pianos (…).  Recorded in the warm acoustic of Oxford’s St John the Evangelist Church, this is a most enjoyable recital." (Gramophone)

"A thrilling recital of songs by Mussorgsky including his famous cycles “Songs And Dances of Death” and “Sunless” together with some rarely-heard but equally-ravishing gems. Pianist Sergey Rybin, an expert in the field of Russian song, joins prize-winning soprano Katherine Broderick, and together they provide performances that are simply ravishing. For anyone with an interest in Russian music, or art song in general, this is essential listening." (prestomusic.com)

"This recording made me listen to Mussorgsky's songs with new ears. I was unfamiliar with many of his earlier songs, and hearing again the later ones made you marvel at what he achieved. His writing, particularly for piano, evokes so many later composers but is so much his own as well. Sergey Rybin makes a superb advocate, bringing incredible skill and subtlety to the piano writing and forming a great partnership with Katherine Broderick. Broderick sings with power and passion, but subtlety and delicacy too, showing remarkable control of her dramatic soprano voice." (Robert Hugill, planethugill.com)

This album is available on all good streaming platforms.

10.06.26