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Schubert - Schwanengesang & Songs After Seidl
RecommendedChristoph Prégardien (tenor) & Andreas Staier (fortepiano)
…an outstanding performance. …deeply engaged robustly expressive singing whose rhythmic rigour and details of phrasing and articulation reveal an exciting commitment to this great cycle. …with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2009, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, February 2019, Also Recommended
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Folk Stories
Songs by Beethoven, Britten & Mahler
Cora Burggraaf (mezzo-soprano), Simon Lepper (piano), Liza Ferschtman (violin) & Floris Mijnders (cello)
The essence of folk song is outward simplicity: this disc is a wide-ranging selection of arrangements and originals, performed with artful directness. — More…
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Wolf, H: Italienisches Liederbuch
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Julia Kleiter (soprano) & Hilko Dumno (piano)
Both Prégardien and Kleiter (with their excellent pianist Hilko Dumno aiding and abetting) offer larger than life portrayals...Prégardien, with his baritonic tenor, finds the measure of each... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2011, Vocal Finalist
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Finalist - Solo Vocal
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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Prégardien brings ever new revelation to the songs, and though his pianist, Michael Gees, plays a modern piano, both vocal and keyboard parts are ornamented in the performing practice of Schubert's... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Larsson's characterisations of these early-period works have a more fragile humanity, with pockets of psychological detail missed by others, often conveyed with a confiding intimacy that might... — More…
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Handel & Mozart: Arias and Overtures Mari Eriksmoen
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
Forget the less than perfect presentation and enjoy the top-drawer singing. — More…
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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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Rolf Martinsson: Garden of Devotion
Lisa Larsson (soprano)
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Gordan Nikolić
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Schumann: Dichterliebe, Gedichte und Requiem & Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Christoph Prégardien (tenor), Michael Gees (piano)
This is a performance that offers something earthier, more tangible than mere Romantic navelgazing. There’s reflection, tenderness and Innigkeit aplenty, but also a hint of bitterness, a determination... — More…
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Ladies First! Opera arias by Joseph Haydn
Lisa Larsson (soprano), Maarten Komingsberger (baritone)
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend
Bright and soubrettish of tone...what she lacks in richness and depth, the Swedish soprano makes up for in dramatic involvement...Larsson is well supported by the slightly raw period sonorities... — More…
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