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Werner’s voice flits between natural directness and operatic expression...Most of these pieces rely on clear interplay between soprano and instrumentalist, brilliantly done yet sometimes with... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 24th Jun 2022
Catalogue No: DCD34269
Label: Delphian
Length: 63 minutes

Presto Editor's Choice

June 2022
BBC Music Magazine

October 2022

Choral & Song Choice
Sunday Times

10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
Gramophone Awards

2023 Finalists

Shortlisted - Contemporary

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Werner, Héloïse: Like Words

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Heloïse Werner, Amy Harman

Stephenson, Josephine: Comme l’espoir / you might all disappear

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Heloïse Werner, Laura Snowden

Werner, Héloïse: Syncopate

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Heloïse Werner

Frances-Hoad: Something More Than Mortal

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Heloïse Werner

Muhly: Benedicite Recitation

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Heloïse Werner, Daniel Shao

Aperghis: Récitations

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Heloïse Werner

Récitation 3

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Récitation 8

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Werner, Héloïse: Unspecified Intentions

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Heloïse Werner

Aperghis: Récitations

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Heloïse Werner

Récitation 9

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Récitation 11

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Werner, Héloïse: Confessional

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Heloïse Werner

Leith: yhyhyhyhyh

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Heloïse Werner, Colin Alexander

Mitchener: whetdreem

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Heloïse Werner, Calum Huggan

Werner, Héloïse: Mixed Phrases

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Heloïse Werner, Lawrence Power

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Luminous and daring, this celebration of Héloïse Werner’s multifaceted gifts is nourished by rich dualities. Phrases reveals Werner as both singer and composer, as an artist shaped by both her native France and her adopted UK, and as a soloist of captivating individuality who is also an intrepid collaborator. The solos and duos that make up the album comprise five of Werner’s own compositions, four of Georges Aperghis’s avant-garde classic Récitations, and six newly commissioned works, by composers ranging from Elaine Mitchener and Nico Muhly to Oliver Leith. The calibre of Héloïse’s instrumental partners in the duos reflects the degree to which this extraordinary young performer is already valued and cherished by her peers.

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October 2022

Werner’s voice flits between natural directness and operatic expression...Most of these pieces rely on clear interplay between soprano and instrumentalist, brilliantly done yet sometimes with the feeling of a twisted vocal exercise or a 1960s art happening, and yet all encompass the moulding of the human voice, at which Werner is expert.

It is hard not to be in awe of Héloïse Werner: a soprano of extraordinary range, tone and vocal abilities, possessing a seemingly inexhaustible expressive range.

June 2022

Werner's high-energy, Cathy Berberian-ish virtuosity in the sequence from Aperghis's Récitations and her own dizzying Unspecified Intentions (which fits very naturally in between the Aperghis selections) is so startling that you might need a breather before carrying on - but there's real heart and soul alongside the avant-garde pyrotechnics throughout this recital of new works, particularly in Werner's deeply personal Confessional and Nico Muhly's radiant Benedicite Recitation for voice and flute.

24th July 2022

The French soprano and composer’s debut disc is an engrossing exploration of the range of the human voice, which Werner pushes to its limits and beyond on works by herself and those of fellow visionaries such as Josephine Stephenson, Cheryl Frances-Hoad and Nico Muhly.

11th December 2022

Complemented by the fine playing of Harman, Power and their colleagues, her sense of fun gives even the most daring pieces a light and engaging touch.

Phrases (Delphian), displays her versatility as a singer and composer, but as musical catalyst too. … Werner’s four songs (including Syncopate, with Zoë Martlew), from vocal acrobatics to verbal confession, and Récitations by the Greek experimental composer Georges Aperghis complete this distinctive album.

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