Mark Padmore sings Beethoven, Mozart & Haydn

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In his Haydn and Mozart songs Padmore sings with an extra delicacy ... His Beethoven is stronger and more forthright, culminating in a heartfelt performance of the cycle An die ferne Geliebte.... — Financial Times, April 2015 More…

Release Date: 6th Apr 2015
Catalogue No: HMU907611
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 70 minutes

Haydn: She Never Told Her Love, Hob. XXVIa:34

Work length3:22

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Haydn: Hark! what I tell to thee (The Spirit Song), Hob.XXVIa:41

Work length5:06

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Haydn: Antwort auf die Frage eines Mädchens, Hob.XXVIa:46

Work length3:47

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Mozart: Das Veilchen, K476

Work length2:29

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Mozart: Abendempfindung an Laura, K523

Work length4:42

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Mozart: Die ihr des unermeßlichen Weltfalls - Kantate, K619

Work length6:40

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Beethoven: Maigesang, Op. 52 No. 4

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Beethoven: Neue Liebe, neues Leben No. 2, Op. 75

Work length2:47

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Beethoven: Mephistos Flohlied, Op. 75, 3

Work length2:25

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Beethoven: Adelaide, Op. 46

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Beethoven: Selbstgesprach, WoO 114

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Beethoven: Resignation, WoO 149

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Beethoven: An die Hoffnung, Op. 94

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Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved), Op. 98

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Beethoven: Abendlied unter'm gestirten Himmel, WoO 150

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Following their acclaimed Schumann recording, tenor Mark Padmore and fortepiano phenomenon Kristian Bezuidenhout join forces again for this varied and appealing lieder recital of songs by Haydn, 'An die ferne Geliebte' Op.98 by Beethoven, and the Masonic Cantata K.619 by Mozart.

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April 2015

In his Haydn and Mozart songs Padmore sings with an extra delicacy ... His Beethoven is stronger and more forthright, culminating in a heartfelt performance of the cycle An die ferne Geliebte. Bezuidenhout draws the maximum colour and contrast out of his fortepiano throughout.

May 2015

Mark Padmore combines an acute intelligence with an unvarnished directness in all he sings. In symbiotic partnership with fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout, Padmore 'lives' all of these songs, noticing everything, exaggerating nothing ... Padmore is an eager and touching storyteller ... In An Die Ferne Geliebte Padmore and Bezuidenhout catch naturally, unfussily, the oscillations between stillness and excited anticipation, dream and desire. This is a true dialogue between voice and keyboard, as it should be.

17th July 2015

Bezuidenhout's fortepiano sounds for all the world like a harp at the very opening of the Abendlied that ends the disc. Its beautiful, serenade-like quality makes it a great choice for a final track. Padmore finds his groove here, too, transcendent and thoughtful for the opening verses but then rising to a peak of triumph for the "transfigured countenance" of the song's second half.

3rd May 2015

From urgent declamation to whispered despair, Padmore expresses all with directness, clarity and tonal variety. Bezuidenhout is an equal partner: engaged, lively, with a wonderful brio which never overwhelms the singer.

5th April 2015

highly refined recital by the ever-sensitive Mark Padmore in what appears to be a richly rewarding dialogue with the South African fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout: the tenor’s sweet, heady and youthful lucidity of tone is beautifully complemented by the percussive resonance of the accompaniment.
One senses two true musicians in deep harmony with each other.

New York Times 11th December 2015

On this astutely chosen program, Mr. Padmore, accompanied by the elegant fortepianist Mr. Bezuidenhout, gives richly expressive, crisp accounts.

1st May 2015

Padmore’s normal mode, often vibrato-free, is of such an intimacy that he might almost be addressing his beguiling, carefully contoured delivery to you alone. With such detail and depth, you imagine, he could make a telephone directory interesting.

Mark Padmore sings Beethoven, Mozart & Haydn

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