Asmik Grigorian - Dissonance - Slipped Disc

Asmik Grigorian is a Lithuanian of Armenian parentage who commands the most dramatic roles in world opera, from Salome to Jenufa. On stage, she is electrifying. This is her first recital record, and I wondered if she could deliver the same degree of ferocity and beauty. It does not take long to find that she is an irresistibly intuitive and evocative interpreter of Russian song.

This is, simply put, a world-class recital of a calibre we hear all too rarely in these troubled times.