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Tides of Life
RecommendedArrangements for string ensemble and baritone by David Matthews
Candida Thompson (violin) & Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Netherlands Female Youth Choir
In his orchestrations Matthews makes inspired and sensitive use of string colour and intimate solos…and in Schubert's Ständchen for vocal ensemble, the demure-sounding girls' choir, supported... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th February 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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A truly memorable experience. The first half of the programme is divided between settings of Mayrhofer and Goethe, two poets who drew the very best out of Schubert. Bostridge responds to this... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2001, Disc of the Month
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Schubert (Un)finished
Symphony No. 7 in B flat major (D 759), Lieder with orchestra
Florian Boesch (bass-baritone)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Stefan Gottfried
I’m still in two minds as to how well this completion of Schubert’s score (fleshed out with a reupholstered scherzo and an en’tracte from Rosamunde) hangs together, but the poise and lyricism... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2019
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Diapason d’Or, March 2019, Nouveauté
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he sings this selection of Schubert's Goethe settings with keen attention to detail, youthful spontaneity, and an ample, attractive sound that is reminiscent of the fine-grained tone of baritone... —
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A voice more for Schöne Müllerin than Winterreise, Bostridge's fresh, buoyant, beautifully articulated tenor suits these Lieder perfectly. The literary and musical impulses are in perfect equilibrium,... —
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Lieder
RecommendedSongs orchestrated by Berlioz, Britten, Brahms, Liszt, Offenbach, Reger & Webern
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Quasthoff (baritone)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado
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Grammy Awards, 46th Awards (2003), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Fischer-Dieskau Lieder A-Z: Schubert
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano), Jörg Demus (piano), Unknown (piano), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Alfred Brendel (piano), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-sopranovocalist), Elly Ameling (soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Horst Laubenthal (tenor)
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If some of the rubato and tempos in the Third Symphony don’t always feel natural, the sound and phrasing is always stylish. —
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Special offer. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Lied-Edition, Vol. 2
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Karl Engel, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Kolja Blacher, Aribert Reimann, Dieter Klöcker, Hartmut Holl, Klaus Wallendorf
