Special offer. Mark Padmore sings Beethoven, Mozart & Haydn
Mark Padmore (tenor) & Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano, Rosenberger, c.1820. Tuning: A = 430, unequal temperament)
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....
Special offer. Mark Padmore sings Beethoven, Mozart & Haydn
Mark Padmore (tenor) & Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano, Rosenberger, c.1820. Tuning: A = 430, unequal temperament)
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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....
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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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Awards and reviews
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.
