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Newby, who turns 30 this year, has the kind of powerful natural presence that also belongs to Bryn Terfel, and the timbre of his voice has come to resemble Terfel’s in its plummy warmth and... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Kissing Her Hair
Twenty Early Songs of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sarah Fox (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano)
Roderick Williams… is entrusted with all but five of these 20 songs - and a sterling job he does, too, with intelligent word-pointing and the voice sonorous, firmly focused and evenly controlled.... —
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Huw Watkins’s Larkin settings are the main reason to invest in this recital —
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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This selection of English songs is his debut recording as a soloist, and is worth the wait. Butterworth’s ‘Is my team ploughing? ’ immediately showcases Alexander’s mature interpretive temperament.... —
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Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel
James Gilchrist (tenor), Philip Dukes (viola), Anna Tilbrook (piano)
His sound is certainly mellifluous, his phrasing poised yet fluent, but the overall interpretation is uneven…Gilchrist deliver ‘Let Beauty Awake’ very beautifully, and the other more lyrical... —
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Sounds, Sweet Airs and the Art of Longing
Elisabeth Holmertz (soprano), Frederik Bock (lute), Poul Hoxbro (low whistle)
Holmertz brings a rustic folk-sensibility to her devliery, which works best when echoed in the intricate ornaments and husky vibrato of Hoxbro's whistle. —
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