Lines Written During a Sleepless Night

'Here's a really lovely disc from two of classical song's brightest artists... Alder is in glorious voice, her soprano fresh and untethered; the assurance of youth and the doubt born of experience come across equally convincingly. Her high notes gleam, and her words are direct and communicative, whether in Russian, Swedish, German or French. Middleton's playing fills in everything those words can't say, perfectly calibrated to support Alder but huge in its expressive scope... a disc you will

want to play again right away.' ***** Classical Album of the Week - The Guardian