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Sounds and Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Sampson’s vocal security throughout the registers, clear diction, and patrician phrasing all testify to a complete artist. And Sampson proves every bit as much at home in the modernist works... — More…
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Soprano Latonia Moore imbues the often-atonal melismatic phrases with drama (particularly in the second and final stanza). The balance between soloist and orchestra is impressive throughout. — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2022
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Gilchrist is an impressively rounded advocate. His enunciation is superb, his melodic phrasing is always wonderfully musical; he can be seductive, but at times there's an eloquent astringency... — More…
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Mephistopheles And Other Bad Guys Kevin Short (bass-baritone)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Marseille, Lawrence Foster
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[Mattei] His voice is most attractive and he uses it eloquently. He captures the text’s bitterness and pathos, and also its occasional black humor, without descending into self-absorption. His... — More…
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Consolation: Forgotten Treasures of the Ukrainian Soul
Natalya Pasichnyk (piano), Jakob Koranyi (cello), Luthando Qave (baritone), Emil Jonason (clarinet), Christian Svarfvar (violin), Olga Pasichnyk (soprano)
Pianist Natalya Pasichnyk and friends explore rare gems from the time of soviet occupation of Ukraine. Strong performances — More…
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A Simple Song
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Fabian Fredriksson (electric guitar), Margareta Nilsson (harp), Bengt Forsberg (organ), Nils-Erik Sparf (violin), Marie McLeod (cello), Ellen Nisbeth (viola)
Von Otter’s generous personality is reflected in the way she puts over every item, with care for text and a honeyed sweetness of tone…Admirers of the singer will certainly want it; and, if you’re... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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Prégardien never allows the novelty of a new incarnation to distract him: his singing here is full of imaginative insights...the tenor's courage and imagination triumph. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, Choral & Song Choice
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Any singer must exorcise the ghost of Cathy Berberian in this and other vocal works of Berio and...Virpi Räisänen has the measure of it...In Hannu Lintu's marvellous new recording I hear and... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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