The quality of her music is such that her neglect seems positively strange. Outstanding creations among her Verlaine settings include a furious and impassioned setting of Spleen, and an unforgettable version of L’heure exquise which could give Reynaldo Hahn a run for his money…the arrangements are salon-like, atmospheric and sympathetically performed, expanding the scaler of the music – which is great-hearted enough to take it.

Wieniawska has a real feel for Verlaine’s verse and frequently elves deep into its meaning. Her versions of poems from Fêtes galantes have an edgy, grotesque, even nightmarish quality, in contrast to the playful approach of many of her contemporaries…The performances are good, too. Jazmin Black-Grollemund sings with great warmth of tone and careful attention to text. Jackson’s playing is admirably clear and limpid.

[Verlaine's texts] exactly suited the floaty, Debussy-influenced harmonies, lush piano writing and undemonstrative lyrical lines favoured by Poldowski...All 22 of her Verlaine settings (including one, Nous deux, only recently rediscovered) are included on this recording, which features the appropriately husky timbre of the American soprano Jazmin Black Grollemund.