Anna Grevelius
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Mendelssohn - Songs & Duets Volume 5
Eugene Asti (piano), Katherine Broderick (soprano), Hannah Morrison (soprano), Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano), Finnur Bjarnason (tenor), James Rutherford (baritone), Stephan Loges (baritone)
...the best of the young singers here is the mezzo Anna Grevelius...As in previous volumes, Eugene Asti plays with a refreshingly light touch and a lively sense of rhythm. —
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Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs Volume 1
Mörike-Lieder Nos. 1-26
Sophie Daneman (soprano), Anna Grevelius (mezzo), James Gilchrist (tenor), Stephan Loges (baritone), Sholto Kynoch (piano)
their performances are acutely sensitive to Wolf's musical nerve system. And, best of all, a sense of intimacy, of close confiding with the audience, really does come over - invaluable for private... —
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Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs Volume 2
Mörike-Lieder Nos. 27-53
Sholto Kynoch (piano), Sophie Daneman (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano), Stephan Loges (baritone)
As the palette of voices is varied, Kynoch is able to group the Lieder thematically without risking tedium...Gilchrist alert to [the songs'] volatility and drama; Daneman capturing every elusive... —
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Rebecca von Lipinski (soprano), Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano), Peter Wedd (tenor) & Roderick Williams (baritone)
Manchester Camerata, Douglas Boyd
This rather small-scale performance of Beethoven's masterpiece is given stature by Boyd's approach, fierily dynamic rather than monumental, and some splendid choral singing. —
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Purcell: Britten
Songs by Henry Purcell, realised by Benjamin Britten
Robin Blaze (countertenor), Allan Clayton (tenor), Anna Grevelius (mezzo-soprano), Ruby Hughes (soprano), Benedict Nelson (baritone), Matthew Rose (bass), Joseph Middleton (piano)
The singers steer a convincing stylistic course, balancing the sometimes contradictory demands of the source material and the arrangement…Middleton’s playing is precisely coloured and characterised —