Walking in the Dark

The tracks for voice and piano are a highlight. Bullock’s performance of ‘City Called Heaven’, a traditional Black spiritual in an arrangement by Hall Johnson, is quite something...The jazz-based... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 9th Dec 2022
Catalogue No: 7559790818
Label: Nonesuch

BBC Music Magazine

January 2023

Choral & Song Choice
Record Review

7th January 2023

Record of the Week
Opus Klassik Awards

2023

Nominated - Female Singer of the Year, Solo Vocal
Opus Klassik Awards

2023

Winner - Young Talent of the Year
Grammy Awards

66th Awards (2024)

Winner - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
BBC Music Magazine Awards

2024

Shortlisted - Vocal

Walking in the Dark

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Julia Bullock makes her solo recording debut with 'Walking in the Dark', on Nonesuch Records. Bullock is joined on the album by London's Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Christian Reif for Samuel Barber's 'Knoxville: Summer of 1915' and an aria from John Adams's 'El Niño'. With Reif on piano she also performs a traditional spiritual and songs by Oscar Brown, Jr.; Billy Taylor; and Sandy Denny. The Connie Converse song 'One by One', whose lyrics are featured in the album title, is out now.

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January 2023

The tracks for voice and piano are a highlight. Bullock’s performance of ‘City Called Heaven’, a traditional Black spiritual in an arrangement by Hall Johnson, is quite something...The jazz-based numbers are also outstanding and showcase the rare depth and richness of Bullock’s voice

May/June 2023

[In the Barber] Bullock employs a fast vibrato, which adds vibrancy, and she possesses a lovely timbre in all registers. I always wish to hear as much of James Agee’s haunting text as possible, and Bullock enunciates more clearly than anyone else I know except Upshaw.

26th November 2022

In her first solo album, Walking in the Dark (Nonesuch), Julia Bullock is described not by voice type but as a “classical singer”. If this hints at range and versatility, as well as emotional power, a Bullock hallmark, her choice of repertoire confirms that impression

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