Adrian Thompson
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Schumann: The Complete Songs
RecommendedThe Lieder of Robert Schumann in chronological order
Juliane Banse, Edith Barlow, Katherine Broderick, Stella Doufexis, Felicity Lott, Geraldine McGreevy, Dorothea Röschmann, Kate Royal, Christine Schäfer, Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Daniela Lehner, Ann Murray, Leigh Woolf (mezzo-soprano), Ian Bostridge, Mark Padmore, Nicky Spence, Adrian Thompson, Adrian...
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Gramophone Awards, 1997, Winner - Solo vocal
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Building a Library, October 2022, Also Recommended - Myrthen
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Martin, F: Golgotha
Judith Gauthier (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (alto), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Mattijs van de Woerd (baritone) & Konstantin Wolff (bass)
Cappella Amsterdam, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Reuss
A restrained, haunting chromaticism suffuses the music...The choral contributions throughout are engaged and responsive...this is a strong performance of a work where this is limited competition... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Choral
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Record Review, December 2010, Critics' Disc of the Year
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Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress
RecommendedGerald Finley (Pilgrim), Chorus & Orchestra of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Richard Hickox
John Noble was a fine Pilgrim on the old Boult recording, but Gerald Finley brings not only a voice that's as good and well suited but also a dramatic quality that is more colourful and intense.... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The Songs of Robert Schumann - Volume 6
Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Stella Doufexis (alto), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Stepan Loges (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)
This disc is a delight from start to finish. Songs and interpretations are on a high level of achievement, in this case all the more welcome as these groups, for various reasons, don't figure... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2002, Editor's Choice
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Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs, Vol. 11
Fflur Wyn (soprano), Sholto Kynoch (piano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Rowan Hellier (mezzo-soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), John Chest (baritone), Sophie Bevan (soprano)
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Wolf: The Complete Songs Vol. 10
Louise Alder, Fflur Wyn, Rowan Hellier, Katarina Karnéus, Adrian Thompson, Roderick Williams, Neal Davies, Sholto Kynoch
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Special offer. Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
RecommendedGerald Finley (Hans Sachs), Anna Gabler (Eva), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Beckmesser), Marco Jentzsch (Walther), Topi Lehtipuu (David), Michaela Selinger (Magdalene), Alastair Miles (Pogner)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski, David McVicar
McVicar's staging stokes the glow of Meistersinger's humane heart...and above all he reminds us that this is an opera about youth and self-discovery. Gerald Finley's pivotal Sachs relish[es]... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2012, DVD/Blu-ray Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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The Songs of Robert Schumann - Volume 11
Hanno Müller-Brachmann (baritone) & Graham Johnson (piano) with Katherine Broderick (soprano), Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Stella Doufexis (mezzo-soprano), Adrian Thompson (tenor) & Stephan Loges (baritone)
A real disc of discovery: this is Schumann as he is seldom heard. In this final volume of his revelatory Songs of Robert Schumann series, Graham Johnson perceptively writes about, accompanies... —
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Leos Janácek - Orchestral Works
Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (soprano) & Adrian Thompson (tenor)
Edinburgh Festival Chorus & BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
Janáček's 'legend' The Eternal Gospel is a seemingly odd undertaking for its agnostic composer… but its prophecy of a universal kingdom of love inspired him to music of surging lyricism. As... —
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The Hyperion Schubert Edition - Complete Songs Volume 12
The Young Schubert
Adrian Thompson (tenor), Graham Johnson (piano)
