Schubert: 21 Songs
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)
There is much to enjoy here...Every note is delivered with white-hot sincerity in Coote’s rich-toned voice...Drake’s piano similarly glows; he draws an exquisite sound from the instrument, the...
Schubert: 21 Songs
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano), Julius Drake (piano)
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There is much to enjoy here...Every note is delivered with white-hot sincerity in Coote’s rich-toned voice...Drake’s piano similarly glows; he draws an exquisite sound from the instrument, the...
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One of the leading mezzos of our day in a Schubert recital which offers seventy minutes of pure pleasure. The twenty-one songs recorded here are among Schubert’s finest, from ‘Erlkönig’ (written in the composer’s annus mirabilis of 1815) to ‘Leise flehen’ (which dates from his final summer).
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July 2022
There is much to enjoy here...Every note is delivered with white-hot sincerity in Coote’s rich-toned voice...Drake’s piano similarly glows; he draws an exquisite sound from the instrument, the playing consistently elegant and restrained, with rare moments of prominence.
Sep/Oct 2022
Coote has a rounded, slightly covered timbre that acquires a glint on high notes and at forte. Her sound also has some tang and graininess to it—you will immediately know if those qualities add or detract from her appeal. To me, every element when put together becomes beautiful.
29th May 2022
Coote and Drake shine, as distinctively, and sometimes as challengingly, as ever.
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