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Tides of Life
RecommendedArrangements for string ensemble and baritone by David Matthews
Candida Thompson (violin) & Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Netherlands Female Youth Choir
In his orchestrations Matthews makes inspired and sensitive use of string colour and intimate solos…and in Schubert's Ständchen for vocal ensemble, the demure-sounding girls' choir, supported... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th February 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Britten: Works for voice & string orchestra
Barbara Hannigan (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor) & Jasper de Waal (horn)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson (artistic director)
Hannigan brings a fined-down intensity to the more hushed Rimbaud settings such as 'Being Beauteous', but elsewhere her tone tends to flutter under pressure...Gilchrist, by contrast, sounds... — More…
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Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
RecommendedGerhild Romberger (contralto), Robert Dean Smith (tenor)
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer
Robert Dean Smith is a strong heroic-tenor; the awkward middle-to-upper range writing seems no problem or strain for him, though he’s not the most expressive of interpreters...Fischer’s mezzo,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Schwartz’s warm, silky playing matches Fedorova’s rounded piano touch. The top of the bass range lacks the penetrating quality of its smaller relatives, but Schwartz compensates with gravitas... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2021
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This reading of Schubert's cycle is confirmation, as if that were needed, of Jochen Kupfer's beautiful singing, and even more of his gifts as a Lieder interpreter. Kupfer's voice and style is... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2003, Editor's Choice
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[Fedorova] specially captivating in the veiled quality to her tone with which she launches Clair de lune and the sensitive longing of Beau soir. Her rhythmic sense is best displayed in the Werkman... — More…
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Gershwin Album
Johannette Zomer (soprano) & Michel Ponsioen (percussion)
The Gents & Haags Saxophone Quartet, Béni Csillag
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