Ireland - The three ravens
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A sense of the mannered or precious can debase these songs; Keenlyside's sweeping, robust lyricism is deceptively effortless and exactly right...Dr Johnson once said that every man thinks worse... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Winner - Solo Vocal
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Special offer. Come to Me in My Dreams
120 years of songs from the RCM
Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Joseph Middleton (piano)
A varied collection that offers more than just vocal bonbons…Connolly and Middleton execute the complex phrasing [of A Charm of Lullabies] with a sense of ensemble for which they are revered. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, Editor's Choice
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Riches has the versatility to sound at home in any language or musical idiom. He possesses a natural authority that never has to strive for effect, and his warm, supple bass-baritone is eminently... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, February 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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Vale and his accomplished colleague Paul Plummer start with an unpublished song by Gurney, the spirited, stirring On Wenlock Edge with a grand tune…Immediately one is made aware of Vale’s clarity... — More…
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Evening Songs
Delius and Ireland Songs arranged for cello and piano
Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Jiaxin Cheng (cello) & John Lenehan (piano)
Hearing the songs of both composers without the texts, and played with such attention to contour and gradation, reminds us just how masterly and diverse both composers were in their art of the... — More…
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Earth’s Call
Songs for Soprano & Piano by John Ireland
April Fredrick (soprano) & Mark Bebbington (piano)
The young American soprano, April Fredrick, is secure enough technically; I just wish, at times, she would have invested more expression in her singing...Mark Bebbington continues to impress... — More…
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John Ireland - The Songs
Benjamin Luxon (baritone), John Mitchinson (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) & Alan Rowlands (piano)
