Kathryn Rudge
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Roussel: Évocations, Pour une fête de printemps & Suite in F
François le Roux (baritone), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Philharmonic, CBSO Chorus, Yan Pascal Tortelier
This is a wonderful treat…Tortelier draws a detailed, yet marvellously atmospheric performance from the BBC Philharmonic, perfectly judging the balance between moments of luxuriance and the... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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Diapason d’Or, July/August 2018, Nouveauté
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Donizetti: Il Paria
RecommendedAlbina Shagimuratova (Neala), René Barbera (Idamore), Misha Kiria (Zarete), Marko Mimica (Akebare), Britten Sinfonia, Sir Mark Elder
Barbera proves up to the task, effortlessly pinging out top C sharps with abandon. With his generous, pure tone, he is well matched as the love interest of Albina Shagimuratova (Neala), a soprano... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th January 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Opera
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Jenkins: One World
Jody Jenkins (programmer, percussion), Nicol Matt (chorusdirector), Alexander Duggan (percussion), The Stay At Home Choir, Tori Longdon (chorusmaster), Jamie Wright (chorusmaster), Krzysztof Wisniewski (violin), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Valentino Worlitzsch (cello), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Karl...
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Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man (A Mass For Peace)
Osama Kiwan, Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Jamal Aliyev, Hertfordshire Chorus, London Orchestra da Camera, David Temple
This is the first recording of the ‘Ensemble Version’ of Jenkins’s 2000 ‘Mass for Peace’, essentially an arrangement by him for reduced orchestral forces. There’s no lack of heft here, though,... —
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Special offer. Elgar: Sea Pictures & The Music Makers
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Petrenko’s The Music Makers makes a compelling case for a work often dismissed as navel-gazing, second-rate Elgar…The Liverpool choir is excellent throughout…Rudge sings the solo part with ripe-toned... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2020, Editor's Choice
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There’s a lovely old-school, almost Ferrier-esque quality to this young Liverpudlian mezzo’s timbre, as evinced by her upcoming Sea Pictures with Vasily Petrenko, and it suits Harty’s pleasantly... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2020
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I Have Lived & Loved
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Penelope Thwaites (piano)
'[Rudge] makes an instantly engaging impression in "The Vagabond', her lush mezzo-soprano voice combining with immaculate diction and intelligent use of dynamics to clarify meaning...Thwaites's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2025, Song Choice
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The Very Best of Karl Jenkins
Nicole Tibbels (soprano), Gary Kettel (percussion), Timothy Rhys-Evans (chorus master), Tim Thorne (horn), Catrin Finch (harp), Clive Bell (shakuhachi), Marat Bisengaliev (orchestra leader, mezzo-soprano), Rupert Christie (programmer), Guy Johnston (cello), Jamie Wright (chorus master), Tori Longdon...
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Love’s Old Sweet Song
Songs from British composers, 1823-1945
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano) & James Baillieu (piano)
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In songs which seem perilously sentimental to the modern ear…Rudge is deft at dialing back the whimsy, and distilling genuine emotion…Glynn’s fluid accompaniment is a model of supportive sensitivity. —
