This Be Her Verse
Golda Schultz (soprano), Jonathan Ware (piano)
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Vocal
an outstanding album: expertly programmed and performed with terrific verve.
This Be Her Verse
Golda Schultz (soprano), Jonathan Ware (piano)
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Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Vocal
an outstanding album: expertly programmed and performed with terrific verve.
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“What if a woman wrote the song?” This question drives a recital of songs by female composers performed by soprano Golda Schultz and pianist Jonathan Ware. Opening with works by Clara Schumann and Emilie Mayer (including her setting of the ballad Erlkönig), this recital weaves stories of women’s experience with fantastic tales of powerful sirens like the Lorelei. The great American- British violist and composer Rebecca Clarke’s arresting William Blake settings offer a woman’s perspective on texts also set by Benjamin Britten. Devotional works from Nadia Boulanger reveal a compositional master in her own right, in addition to her legendary status as pedagogue to innumerable greats including Aaron Copland and Daniel Barenboim. This be Her Verse, a song cycle by poet-librettist Lila Palmer and composer Kathleen Tagg was directly commissioned by the artists to conclude the programme and add an important contribution to the repertory: Songs written by women, about women, highlighting the female experience.
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Awards and reviews
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Presto Editor's ChoiceApril 2022
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Presto Recordings of the YearWinner 2022
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Sunday Times10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards2023Nominated - Solo Vocal
July 2022
an outstanding album: expertly programmed and performed with terrific verve.
April 2022
much of the pleasure comes from hearing some familiar texts in less familiar settings (try Emilie Mayer's Erlkönig, where the title-character is more seductively plausible than in Schubert), but Schultz's radiant, ardent sound is a joy in itself. She's a born storyteller, and Ware gets plenty of opportunity to shine equally brightly in the Mayer songs in particular.
April 2022
I can see myself returning to this beautifully-conceived recital of songs by five female composers for months to come - much of the pleasure comes from hearing some familiar texts in less familiar settings (try Emilie Mayer's Erlkönig, where the title-character is more seductively plausible than in Schubert), but Schultz's radiant, ardent sound is a joy in itself. She's a born storyteller, and Ware gets plenty of opportunity to shine equally brightly in the Mayer songs in particular.
11th December 2022
In this ear-opening recital of music by and about women, the South African soprano captures a comprehensive range of expression.
2nd April 2022
Her new album confirms her versatility and musical intelligence…Schultz and Ware rise to the challenge of every style, from Mayer’s urgent Der Erlkönig to Clarke’s wistful Down by the Salley Gardens.
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