Fleur Barron
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Special offer. Barber: The Complete Songs
RecommendedDylan Perez (piano), Samantha Clarke, Soraya Mafi, Louise Kemény, Mary Bevan (sopranos), Fleur Barron (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Nicky Spence (tenor), Dominic Sedgwick, Julien Van Mellaerts (baritones), William Thomas (bass)
Navarra String Quartet
Dylan Perez’s pianism is consistently insightful without obtruding – a tall order for any accompanist – and his curating of the entire project is masterly...These two discs undoubtedly set a... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Song
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Waley-Cohen: Spell Book
Manchester Collective, Heloise Werner (soprano), Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano), Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Anne Beilby (viola), Nathaniel Boyd (cello)
The reckless verve of ‘spell for joy’ comes in total contrast with the elemental starkness of ‘spell for change’ – which, in its turn, could hardly be more removed from the incremental patterns... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2024
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2024, Editor's Choice
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Saariaho: Adriana Mater
RecommendedFleur Barron (Adriana), Axelle Fanyo (Refka), Nicholas Phan (Yonas), Christopher Purves (Tsargo)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Saariaho puts text first and the singers respond, but articulation from the San Francisco Symphony, which has to muster such depths from rumbling percussion to solos from E flat clarinet and... —
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Winner - Best Opera Recording
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Special offer. Handel: Caio Fabriccio, Hwv A9
Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilvie, Anna Gorbachyova-Ogilviel, Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Miriam Allan (soprano), Jess Dandy (contralto), Morgan Pearse, Hannah Poulsom, Anna Gorbachyova, London Early Opera, Bridget Cunningham
Cunningham directs Caio Fabbricio brilliantly, leading from the harpsichord to energise the other players, and to give them space to exploit juicy passages. The singers’ virtuosity and rich... —
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Special offer. Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
Fleur Barron (Dido), Matthew Brook (Aeneas), Giulia Semenzato (Belinda), Avery Amereau (Sorceress), Tim Mead (Spirit), Nicky Spence (Sailor), Hilary Cronin (Second Woman), Helen Charlston, Martha McLorinan (Witches), La Nuova Musica, David Bates
The suspense, vibrancy and richly layered musical textures of chorus and band have no equal in the discography. The Witches’ scene is an exuberant Gothic festival, with creepily dilating long... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Opera
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Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. II
Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), Ludovic Morlot
For all the oriental beauty of Shéhérazade, delivered with suitably seductive warmth by Barron, it is the Mallarmé miniatures that shine most brightly here, with Morlot carefully teasing out... —
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Our Indifferent Century: Britten | Finzi | Marsey | Ward
Francesca Chiejina (soprano), Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Natalie Burch (piano)
We begin with Britten’s On this Island. Chiejina’s and Burch’s compelling performance is richly mature and painstakingly coloured. Despite occasional vocal vulnerability, Chiejina’s luxuriant... —
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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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Winter Fragments
Chamber Music by Michael Berkeley
Fleur Barron (mezzo)
Berkeley Ensemble, Dominic Grier
The chamber context provides such an effective vehicle for one of his music’s most distinctive features – the often dichotomous interplay between the individual and the group…The Berkeley Ensemble,... —
