Choral, Masses, Schumann (composer)
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Forbidden, yet seldom forbidding, Appl’s exquisitely cultivated fruits are ripe for plucking, and deserve to be consumed with unalloyed relish! —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2023
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Bernarda Fink proves conclusively here that she can be just as compelling in German song as she is in Baroque works. For a start few accounts of any of these pieces have been quite so beautifully... —
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Building a Library, June 2003, Modern Studio Recording Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2002, Editor's Choice
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By placing the poignant invocation of 'Mein schöner Stern', emblem-like, at the top of this artfully programmed Schumann recital, Sarah Connolly reveals much of the composer's fervent inwardness... —
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Building a Library, March 2016, Also Recommended
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This set gives an invaluable historical cross-section of Antipodean singers in both commercial and rare archive recordings. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2017, Re-issue of the Month
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There is plenty of lovely piano-playing here, from a fleet-footed Bach Chromatic Fantasy to an architecturally conceived Isolde’s Liebestod, which is my personal highlight. The choices of repertoire... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2019
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Schumann: Missa Sacra, Schubert: Stabat Mater & Symphony No. 7, Unfinished / Unvollendete
Thomas Hengelbrock & Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble & Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor, Thomas Hengelbrock, Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Agnes Kovacs (soprano), Raimonds Spogis (baritone), Mirko Ludwig (tenor)
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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It's a sort of voice that we don't often hear on disc in song these days. Which is a shame, because Schuster is an instinctive artist and the interpretations themselves are wonderful. As a native... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Editor's Choice
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Schumann - Das Paradies und die Peri
RecommendedBarbara Bonney, Alexandra Coku, Bernarda Fink, Neill Archer, Gerald Finley, Cornelius Hauptmann, Christoph Prégardien
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner
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Building a Library, October 2010, First Choice
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Thilo Dahlmann and Hedayet Djeddikar are clearly aligned in darkly warm, sensitive performances - and the slight edge to Dahlmann's voice suits the barbed subject matter well. But passion remains... —
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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Recreation of the 1868 Bremen Premiere
Kate Lindsey (mezzo-soprano), Jóhann Kristinsson (baritone), Veronika Eberle (violin), Thomas Cornelius (organ), Chor der KlangVerwaltung, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg, Kent Nagano
Nagano seeks to recreate the circumstances of the premiere, on Good Friday 1868, of a near-complete work...The integrity of the recreation is unimpeachable, and the distinction of the performance... —
