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The Edge of Silence: Works for Voice by György Kurtág
RecommendedSusan Narucki (soprano), Donald Berman (piano), Curtis Macomber (violin), Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom), Kathryn Schulmeister (double bass)
...one of the finest examples of Kurtág’s vocal music I have encountered. Narucki’s probing intelligence is matched by a remarkable vocal talent, and the result is a triumph. All the assisting... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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Margaret Bonds: Credo, Simon Bore the Cross
RecommendedJaninah Burnett (soprano), Dashon Burton (baritone), The Dessoff Choirs, Malcolm J. Merriweather
Beautifully performed here, these two late choral works encapsulate both the warmth of Bonds’ musical language and her passionate advocacy for racial justice. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Hadelich's refinement and excitement carry one through these very diverse works. — More…
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Darkness and light, poems and stories. Pianist Inon Barnatan is fascinated by these aspects of this exceptionally effective programme...Barnatan's sustaining of the disrupted stillness in Ades's... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, Instrumental Choice
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Throughout there are fireworks and much technical skill...Meyers’s artistry, however, has its glutinous side. — More…
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Haefliger likes to organise his recordings as integrated recitals, rather than as a contribution to a complete cyce of Beethoven Sonatas, or something of the kind...He combines a strenuously... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2016, Also Recommended
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Margaret Bonds: The Ballad Of The Brown King & Selected Songs
Laquita Mitchell (soprano), Lucia Bradford (mezzo-soprano), Noah Stewart (tenor), Malcolm J. Merriweather (baritone/conductor), Ashley Jackson (harp)
The Dessoff Choirs & Orchestra
Although it dates from 1954, this is the piece’s premiere recording. It is a very good one…The choral contributions draw palpably on the style of spirituals, without seeming derivative, and... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2019
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Works for Violin and Piano by Franck, Kurtag, Previn & Schumann
RecommendedAugustin Hadelich (violin) & Joyce Yang (piano)
It is a rare recording that maintains the sort of precision that allows it to stand up to repeated listening while at the same time fostering an illusion of spontaneity, but this is one — More…
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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Few voices of this kind scale down effectively in song recital, but Bullock has a spectrum of vocal colours which she puts at intelligent service of the text - and in Malcolm Martineau she has... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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One of the most eclectic (and electrifying) solo projects to emerge from lockdown, this unaccompanied recital sees Croisé extracting every possible sonority from his instrument without ever... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2021
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