The and works on this 2024 release are both relatively often recorded, and listeners may have been surprised to see the album show up on classical best-seller lists in the spring of that year. There is the consideration that and his abundant Afro are landing on many lists of acts to watch, and he shows signs of jelling with the in the autobiographical tone poem . Hear the superb solo work from violinist in the third movement, representing ' wife, , but the big news here, and what is probably drawing buyers, is the other work on the album, 's , which receive a revelatory performance from soprano . It is a distinctly different flavor from the usual Wagnerian sound, adding operatic emotionalism to and the gorgeous finale, . was an inspired choice, whether by or someone else, and the album is worth time and money for her alone. The label adds nicely transparent sound from the Maison Symphonique de Montréal to the mix. ~ James Manheim