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At its most larger-than-life, a thrilling recording not for the faint-hearted; but it’s also a heart-on-sleeve reminder of Liszt’s abiding versatility. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th September 2021
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Vocal
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Male Singer of the Year
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The standard of the songs is impressively high… Julius Drake shines in all of them. So, too, does Finley, with his sensitivity to the fore in the fine Heine settings, bringing emotional engagement... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2015, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Liszt: O lieb! (Melodies & Lieder)
RecommendedCyrille Dubois (tenor), Tristan Raës (piano)
...this is an outstanding release, not only for Dubois’s singing but for the first-rate pianism of Tristan Raës—as you’d expect, Liszt’s piano parts are of solo quality. Full texts and translations... —
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Vocal
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Liszt: The Complete Songs Volume 1 - Matthew Polenzani
Matthew Polenzani (tenor) & Julius Drake (piano)
Polenzani is evidently a tenor of the finest quality: a lyric voice, sweet and ingratiating, with the capacity to ring out excitingly, gloriously easy on high but with a perfectly adequate body... —
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Hvorostovsky's baritone, still one of the great voices, can combine dark timbre with an emotional warmth to offset the granitic style; while pianist Ivari Ilja, although unable to mimic apocalyptic... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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Liszt Abroad
Rebecca Evans (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Matthew Rose (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano)
The 20 songs recorded here cover a vast range of language and expression… Burnside is a faultless guide along this journey, exhibiting power when required but never forcing either tone or pace;... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Vocal Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2009, Editor's Choice
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Feola is everything that Rosenblatt Recitals hope to discover - a beautiful voice in its youthful prime, an artist upon the threshold of an auspicious career...at the close of 'Pace non trovo',... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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encouraged by Freeman’s limpid touch, he finely captures the changing moods of the canticle My beloved is mine, from impassioned declamation to the stillness of ‘He is my Altar’ and the quiet... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2020
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The Liszt Collection
RecommendedKrystian Zimerman (piano), Shura Cherkassky, John Ogdon & Brenda Lucas (piano), Vinson Cole (tenor), Roberto Szidon (piano), Lazar Berman (piano), Alice Sara Ott (piano), Jorge Bolet (piano), Wilhelm Kempff (piano), Nikita Magaloff (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker,...
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th October 2011
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Building a Library, April 2013, First Choice
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