Sholto Kynoch
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Responsive to Schumann's elaboration of the postlude as a means of commenting or emotional elucidation, Werner hitches an extinguishing coda to the last song that dovetails exquisitely into... —
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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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For all lovers and collectors of the art of English song, this has to be a recommendation. —
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2020
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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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Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs Volume 5
Heine, Reinick, Shakespeare & Byron
Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano), Daniel Norman (tenor), William Dazeley (baritone) & Sholto Kynoch (piano)
Programme comprises some of the composer’s liveliest – and coincidentally, least-known – songs —
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Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs Volume 6
Lenau & Spanisches Liederbuch (Geistliche Lieder)
Birgid Steinberger (soprano), Anna Huntley (mezzo), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone) & Sholto Kynoch (piano)
The use of a variety of voice-types rules out sameness, but the singers bring varying degrees of fantasy, so that quality is inconsistent. In the Lenau set, Huntley’s mezzo, noble in timbre... —
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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 8
Eichendorff Lieder
Katherine Broderick (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), David Stout (baritone), Sholto Kynoch (piano)
The variety of portraits is matched by the palette of voices chosen by deviser and accompanist Sholto Kynoch. The baritone, David Stout, is the very incarnation of the stalwart...Best of all,... —
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Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs Volume 7
Spanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder
Birgid Steinberger (soprano), Anna Huntley (mezzo), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Sholto Kynoch (piano)
All of these singers are adequate, none of them is a big name...but this is a disc few would regret buying. —
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Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs Volume 9
Lydia Teuscher (soprano), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), William Berger (baritone), Robert Holl (bass), Sholto Kynoch (piano)
The real treat is Lydia Teuscher’s gorgeously sweet and agile soprano voice, matched by Thomas Hobbs’s silken tenor. Teuscher’s rendition of the summertime lullaby, Wiegenlied im Sommer, borne... —
