My Hero

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Bradman has it all – a richness and range of colour in the middle voice that puts many mezzos to shame, extreme high notes of extraordinary fullness, and the sparkling-clean coloratura that usually... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, 28th August 2015 More…

Release Date: 28th Aug 2015
Catalogue No: 4811894
Label: Decca
Length: 76 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

28th August 2015
Presto Recordings of the Year

Finalist 2015

Straus, O: The Chocolate Soldier (Der Tapfere Soldat) / Act 1

Work length4:05

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Greta Bradman (soprano), Stephanie Gonley (leader), Thomas Hancox (flute), Helen Tunstall (harp)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

My Hero

Track length4:05

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Massenet: Hérodiade / Act 1

Work length4:45

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Greta Bradman (soprano), Stephanie Gonley (leader), Thomas Hancox (flute), Helen Tunstall (harp)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

"Il est doux, il est bon"

Track length4:45

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Bizet: Carmen / Act 3

Work length5:50

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Greta Bradman (soprano), Stephanie Gonley (leader), Thomas Hancox (flute), Helen Tunstall (harp)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

"C'est les contrabandiers...Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante"

Track length5:50

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Balfe: The Bohemian Girl / Act 2

Work length3:36

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Greta Bradman (soprano), Stephanie Gonley (leader), Thomas Hancox (flute), Helen Tunstall (harp)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

"I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls"

Track length3:36

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Bellini: Norma (Act 1)

Work length9:43

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Greta Bradman (soprano), Stephanie Gonley (leader), Helen Tunstall (harp), Thomas Hancox (flute)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

"Casta Diva"

Track length6:13

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"Ah! bello a me ritorna"

Track length3:30

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Verdi: Il Trovatore / Act 4

Work length5:51

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Greta Bradman (soprano), Stephanie Gonley (leader), Thomas Hancox (flute), Helen Tunstall (harp)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

"Vanne, lasciami...D'amor sull ali rosee"

Track length5:51

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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Act 1

Work length6:05

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Greta Bradman (soprano), Helen Tunstall (harp), Thomas Hancox (flute)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

"Una voce poco fa"

Track length6:05

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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K.384 / Act 1

Work length5:18

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Greta Bradman (soprano), Stephanie Gonley (leader), Thomas Hancox (flute), Helen Tunstall (harp)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

"Ach ich liebte, war so glücklich"

Track length5:18

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Haydn: L'Anima del Filosofo (Orfeo ed Euridice), Hob: XXVIII:13 / Act 1

Work length5:00

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Greta Bradman (soprano), Helen Tunstall (harp), Thomas Hancox (flute)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

"Filomena abbandonata"

Track length5:00

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Excerpt, Handel: Rodelinda

Work length10:30

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Greta Bradman (soprano), Helen Tunstall (harp), Stephanie Gonley (leader), Thomas Hancox (flute)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

"Ombre, piante, urne funeste"

Track length5:34

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"Morrai, sì; l'empia tua testa"

Track length4:56

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Horn, C E: Cherry Ripe

Work length2:14

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Greta Bradman, Helen Tunstall (harp), Thomas Hancox (flute)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

Verdi: I vespri siciliani / Act 5

Work length3:55

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Greta Bradman (soprano), Stephanie Gonley (leader), Helen Tunstall (harp), Thomas Hancox (flute)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

"Mercè, dilette amiche"

Track length3:55

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Kalman: Kaiserin Josephine / Act 1

Work length3:53

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Greta Bradman (soprano), Thomas Hancox (flute), Stephanie Gonley (leader), Helen Tunstall (harp)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

"Mein Traum, mein Traum"

Track length3:53

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Rodgers, R: The Sound of Music: Edelweiss

Work length2:36

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Greta Bradman, Helen Tunstall (harp), Thomas Hancox (flute)
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

Ned Washington: When You Wish Upon a Star

Work length2:39

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Greta Bradman, Thomas Hancox (flute), Stephanie Gonley (leader), Helen Tunstall (harp)
English Chamber Orchestra
Richard Bonynge
Recorded: 2015-05-08
Recording Venue: St. Silas Church, London

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Recording of the Week, Stunning recital disc from soprano Greta Bradman

28th August 2015

Katherine is blown away by Australian soprano Greta Bradman's debut recording on Decca: "My Hero".

‘True old-fashioned bel canto sound – the sort we only dream about today’ announced Richard Bonynge, internationally recognized as one of the greatest of opera conductors and connoisseurs of the voice, speaking of Greta Bradman. Bonynge chose Greta to sing the title role in a performance of Rodelinda in 2014 and the critics were lavish in their praise. ‘With a dark mezzo quality in her middle voice and an ability to float her voice when singing soft sustained notes and intricate coloratura passages, she was at times uncannily similar in vocal quality to Sutherland,’ wrote Classic Melbourne. On the strength of these performances, Bonynge invited Greta to record with him, and in May this year, the two collaborated on her first operatic recording to be released internationally on Decca – the label that is home to such great artists as Luciano Pavarotti, Renata Tebaldi, Cecilia Bartoli and Renée Fleming. Bonynge himself made well over a hundred records for Decca between 1962 and 1998, many with his late wife, Joan Sutherland. This album marks an auspicious return for the maestro to the label.

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28th August 2015

Bradman has it all – a richness and range of colour in the middle voice that puts many mezzos to shame, extreme high notes of extraordinary fullness, and the sparkling-clean coloratura that usually comes with voices a third of this size. It’s easy to see why Bonynge was transfixed, and why he was so keen to hear her in repertoire closely associated with his late wife Joan Sutherland.

23rd September 2016

The best moments of My Hero come from Handel’s Rodelinda — Bradman has performed the title role complete — and a luxurious assortment from operetta and musical theatre, tipping into cheesy but just short of the full fondue.

The Listener

Minimal vibrato, precise pitch, natural phrase shaping and a spinto voice voice of limpid and easy high notes are pluses...Another La Stupenda? A decade trained by Bonynge may make anything possible.

My Hero

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Recording of the Week, Stunning recital disc from soprano Greta Bradman