In Review: Birsan brings her "silvery clear" soprano to Bliss's "Beatitudes"
"The soprano Emily Birsan was silvery clear" -The Times
"Soloists Ben Johnson and Emily Birsan impressed, not least in their bright-timbre but in the apparent ease with which they dispatched their unforgiving vocal lines: “O blessed Jesu” is littered with ungrateful leaps which both singers took in their stride." -BachTrack.com
Read full review. "The two soloists – Emily Birsan and Ben Johnson – were well cast . . . Birsan’s sweet top register provided the notes of the pastoral lark." -MusicOMH.com
Read full review. "The American soprano Emily Birsan is not as yet well-known this side of the Atlantic, but I’m sure we shall be hearing more of her lovely voice in the future." -Seen and Heard International
"Emily Birsan responded with keen sensitivity and perception to some of Bliss’s most radiant settings for soprano" -ClassicalSource.com Read full review.