Werner, Héloïse
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Héloïse Werner (soprano), Amy Harman (bassoon), Lawrence Power (violin, viola), Calum Huggan (percussion), Colin Alexander (cello), Laura Snowden (guitar), Daniel Shao (flute)
Werner’s voice flits between natural directness and operatic expression...Most of these pieces rely on clear interplay between soprano and instrumentalist, brilliantly done yet sometimes with... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, Choral & Song Choice
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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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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The third album from the Hermes Experiment again shows what a liberating force in contemporary music this ensemble have become… The question is no longer why composers would choose to write... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025, Concept Album
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2025
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Isolation Songbook
RecommendedHelen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Michael Craddock (baritone), Alexander Soares (piano)
The results are varied, from comic miniatures to distilled dramas and contemplative outpourings, but together add up to a recital that’s hard to resist, at once fresh and profoundly familiar. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Heloïse Werner, Max Baillie, Julian Azkoul, Ruth Gibson, Colin Alexander, Marianne Schofield, Kit Downes
Performing her own work – there is surely no better interpreter – alongside a killer ensemble comprising (in different combinations) violin, viola, cello, double bass and hardanger fiddle...Werner... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Vocal
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Throughout all the composers’ changing demands, the choir repays David Hill’s fastidious and disciplined direction with impressive precision and – when required – attack; and for those who have... —
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There is wonderful variety within this programme, from the glitter y Glisk by Aileen Sweeney to Anna Appleby’s song without words Sonnet 43, all beautifully realised by the CBSO. —
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This beautiful album reimagines Satie's Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes, art songs and cabaret melodies for solo guitar plus flute and voice, as required. Yang's sensitively plucked strings are... —
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