“Fischer and Dorrestein stripped the arias to their essence, until simple songs remained, which they then lovingly transposed into the 21st century. A restrained electric guitar and a phenomenally beautiful female voice; on Hush those two ingredients turn out to be enough to show how beautiful these songs are.”
Press
NRC Handelsblad
Het Parool
“This is the most remarkable disc of the year. With HUSH, nothing is usual…the result swings back and forth between uplifting and touching – always fresh and playful and above all, extremely musical. You might even speak elaborately of a paradigm shift. Fischer doesn’t sing like your everyday classical singer, but does everything else while holding on to her technique – more intimate, and infused with a pop & jazz sensibility.”
Schweizer Musikzeitung
“In the centre of this gripping piece [Ayre], soloist Nora Fischer proved an artist who didn’t just sing, but offered a first class performance on the boards of the Gare du Nord. She excelled vocally, and combined intense expression with various styles like classical, sephardic music, tango, and rock music.”
Trouw
Het Parool
“Nora Fischer is representative of a new approach…crossing thresholds, and a repertoire choice without borders. Her non-conformism is successful. The audience absolutely loves her, and also composers, who love to write for her (from Andriessen to Ter Veldhuis). Fischer sang fantastically…subtlety in colour, sound and expression.”
De Volkskrant
“Nora Fischer’s power lies in nuance, intonation and expression. As versatile as she is, the music of Monteverdi and his contemporaries fits her perfectly. In Messiaen’s Poèmes pour Mi, she conjures a large sense of drama, alternating between sensuality and intimacy.”
Gonzo Magazine (BE)
“Fischer is perfectly at home in repertoire that is harder to label… large emotional range. She moves between extremes of vulnerability in ‘As A Child’ and maniacal outcries in ‘Rat In My Room’…Innocence and paranoia go hand in hand in songs that made a big impression, [and] remain as effective on CD”
De Volkskrant
NRC Handelsblad
“demonstrates all genres…an absolute WOW. Everything was spot on… it travelled through grainy post-rock, romantic chamber music, cinematic sound art, a tender love song, dark trip-hop and Led Zeppelin-esque vocal outcries. Nora Fischer – everything but ‘plain’ – proved an enchanting stage personality (especially her voice – natural and with great control), and shaped a fascinating psyche.”