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Hough's album takes wing in an atmosphere of tension and sombreness...Hough's own Sonata prove the high point...rich in its textural variety and harmonic colours...Hearing a masterful pianist... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2014, 5 out of 5 starsMore…
Julian Prégardien (tenor), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Eric Le Sage (piano)
Listeners who know Dichterliebe intimately, and think they know the Schumanns pretty well, will discover many fresh delights. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2019More…
Release Date:
26th Apr 2019
Catalogue No: ALPHA457
Label: Alpha
Length: 66 minutes
Awards:
Presto Editor's Choice, April 2019
BBC Music Magazine, July 2019, Choral & Song Choice
International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
Infectious futurist jazz […] Spanning synthpop to electronic R&B, the singer and bassist’s expansive Blue Note debut is a genre-hopping class act, with guests to match. — The GuardianMore…
There is plenty of lovely piano-playing here, from a fleet-footed Bach Chromatic Fantasy to an architecturally conceived Isolde’s Liebestod, which is my personal highlight. The choices of repertoire... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2019More…
Richter's Schubert may be more muscular than supple, but his Schumann is wonderfully acute, seeming to capture musical truth without sacrificing subjective personality. Superb transfers by Ward... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2009, 4 out of 5 starsMore…
Her opening selection, Debussy's 'Clair de lune', is starkly deliberate, straightforward and kitsch-free...The Griffes, Glinka, Turina and Lourie selections inspire some of Lin's most ravishing... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2014More…