“Rachel Willis-Sørensen apporte la confirmation d'un talent vocal hors norme… Certes, l'émission ample et charnue, l'homogénéité des registres, la générosité du coloris exercent une indéniable séduction.”
Diapason
“Rachel Willis-Sørensen confirms her extraordinary vocal talent… Certainly, the ample and fleshy emission, the homogeneity of the registers, the generosity of the colouring exert an undeniable seduction.”
“Le disque met en valeur un instrument glorieux, à l'évidence fait pour Richard Strauss. Dès les premières mesures de Frühling, s'imposent un flux souverain, du grave à l'aigu, et un timbre lumineux, pulpeux. La voix est plutôt lyrique, mais capable d'une grande expansion, sans effort et sans jamais perdre sa ductilité, pour planer au-dessus de la masse orchestrale… Les passages mélismatiques, nombreux dans les Vier Letzte Lieder, permettent à Rachel Willis- Sørensen de déployer des courbes particulièrement sensuelles, avec un aigu toujours rond.”
Opéra Magazine
“The disc highlights a glorious instrument, obviously made for Richard Strauss. From the very first bars of Frühling, a sovereign flow, from low to high, and a luminous, pulpy timbre imposes itself. The voice is rather lyrical, but capable of great expansion, effortlessly and without ever losing its flexibility, to soar above the orchestral mass… The melismatic passages, which are numerous in the Vier Letzte Lieder, allow Rachel Willis-Sørensen to display particularly sensual curves, with an always round high register.”
“Willis-Sorensen's confidence as she manoeuvres her voice over this autumnal masterpiece's singular leaps and high-flying glides often produces thrilling results...”
The Times
“Her lower register is dark, smokey and mysterious, with the top of her voice strong, sturdy and shining.”
Hyde Park Herald
“Debuting in this role, American soprano Rachel Willis-Sørensen was a revelation. Her rich spinto voice was ideally suited to the role. Hers is a beautiful voice with natural trills, and easily recognizable within seconds. Watch out for this woman, as she will go far..."
ConcertoNet
None of the six, though, stands out more than Willis-Sørensen, who combines suitable power with an impressive range of nuanced timbral shadings that compellingly communicate her character’s emotional duress..."
Chicago Sun Times
“Rachel Willis-Sørensen brought some much-needed dignity to the proceedings as Elisabeth… conveying the despair of Elisabeth’s Act V aria with sensitive and affecting vocalism..."
Chicago Classical Review