d'Oustrac has a warm, flexible mezzo voice which rises us easily as far as top Gs and which she can float to great effect. Like many French female singers of the past, she has a fastish vibrato...Jourdan's playing is mostly excellent, bringing out inner parts without blatancy and keeping the pulse going where needed.

So much beauty, so much perfumed languor...But never does this disc sink into dreamy sameness - and it emerges as one of the best kind to come out in recent years. The conviction, artistry and intelligent musical sequencing of mezzo-soprano Stephanie d'Oustrac and pianist Pascal Jourdan are much in evidence in this thoroughly first-class package.

captivating…D’Oustrac’s insightful singing gives every song a special emotional imprint, revealing its unique expressive properties with a telling restraint that captures the prevailingly autumnal mood to perfection...This is a cherishable collection and a worthy successor to d’Oustrac’s two previous recitals for Ambronay.

a wonderful disc...d’Oustrac’s voice offers sheer unadulterated pleasure while the playing of Pascal Jourdan is sensitive and refined – and also, when required, he matches the passionate delivery of his singer. Furthermore, these two gifted musicians working together in an evidently seamless partnership interpret these songs with great intelligence.

D’Oustrac moves between all these strikingly varied musical personalities with tremendous skill and total commitment.