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The lower female voice was Brahms’s favourite vocal type, and Richter’s has a warmly sensual sound which is multidimensional without heaviness...These musicians have a dynamic understanding... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year
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Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Roger Vignoles
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo-soprano) & Roger Vignoles (piano)
The unique warmth of tone is sounded in the first notes even of the lighter Mahler songs. But there's also a spiritual grace in her approach. Key tracks such as Mahler's 'Ich bin de Welt abhanden... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Solo
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer, Opp. 52 & 65
Mary Bevan (soprano), Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Wlliam Thomas (bass), Dylan Perez (piano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
This delectable recording makes a splendid case, if it were needed, for their worth. These four singers complement one another and blend effortlessly, seeming to share some crucial qualities:... —
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Songs to the Moon
Myrthen Ensemble: Mary Bevan (soprano), Clara Mouriz (mezzo), Allan Claytone (tenor), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
An engaging programme, mixing solos by each of the starry young singers with rare ensemble works. Pianist Joseph Middleton excels throughout. —
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Brahms: Lieder & Liebeslieder Waltzes
RecommendedRecorded live at the 2003 Verbier Festival
Andrea Rost (soprano), Magdalena Kožená (mezzo), Matthew Polenzani (tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Yefim Bronfman & James Levine (piano duet), James Levine
The quartet themselves make an appealingly lively sound…Quasthoff and especially Kozena are strongest in their solo selections, the mezzo’s three songs distinguished by her plangent tone and... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th June 2016
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Uncharted: Korngold - Brahms - Clara & Robert Schumann
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen (countertenor), John Churchwell (piano)
Nussbaum Cohen’s countertenor is characterised by its richness and warmth, wielded with great technical skill; it’s a voice which has considerable, often surprising, heft and depth allowing... —
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Diapason d’Or, October 2019, Réédition
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Best Collection
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The Shepherd on the Rock
Chamber Works & Lieder
Julian Bliss (clarinet), Christopher Glynn (piano), Ailish Tynan (soprano)
