Gerald Finley

The forces assembled here don’t aim to pump the music full of steroids; rather they make the most of its qualities, especially the graceful elegance inspired by Beethoven’s interest in French... — Matthew Ash, Presto Music, 31st May 2024 More…

Songs of the Sea - which includes the long-popular 'Drake's Drum' and 'The Old Superb' - and the later, texturally richer and more thoughtful Songs of the Fleet are superb baritone vehicles... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

a highly memorable disc. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

As on his 2005 Ives collection, the Canadian baritone Gerald Finley is golden in tone, persuasive in phrasing, and unfailingly responsive to the sound and sense of the words. Julius Drake once... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Perhaps more than any other recording the singer and the pianist are in equilibrium...if often sounds as if Julius Drake has just had an idea - and they are all good ones - and Gerald Finley... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Finley] just seems to be singing naturally, but at the same time he colors and inflects with astonishing specificity. He manages to vary the repeats in those folk-song settings where verses... — Fanfare, 26th October 2010 More…

Isserlis's mobile, feeling but never gushing legato lines… Hough's winged, crystalline partnership. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005 More…

…outstandingly well sung and played, equally well recorded, and highly recommendable to all lovers of fine songs and fine singing. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…