Vocal, Vocal (Chamber), Barber (composer)
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As on his 2005 Ives collection, the Canadian baritone Gerald Finley is golden in tone, persuasive in phrasing, and unfailingly responsive to the sound and sense of the words. Julius Drake once... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Solo Vocal
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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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Judging by their passionate performances, this British team clearly feel utterly at home in this repertoire...The hit, undoubtedly, is the premiere recording of Price’s structurally lopsided... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th May 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Special offer. Tides of Life
RecommendedArrangements for string ensemble and baritone by David Matthews
Candida Thompson (violin) & Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Netherlands Female Youth Choir
In his orchestrations Matthews makes inspired and sensitive use of string colour and intimate solos…and in Schubert's Ständchen for vocal ensemble, the demure-sounding girls' choir, supported... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th February 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Barber: The Songs Complete
RecommendedCheryl Studer (soprano), John Browning (piano), Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Emerson String Quartet
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Solo vocal
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Barber - The Songs
RecommendedCheryl Studer (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), John Browning (piano)
Emerson String Quartet
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Solo Vocal
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Swan Songs - Schubert, Brahms, Barber & Bernstein
Christian Immler (baritone), Christoph Berner (piano), Anna Stephany (mezzo-soprano), Danny Driver (piano)
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Special offer. Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles
Jane Bunnell (mezzo-soprano) & Dale Duesing (baritone)
Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz
[the Barber is] delivered with real panache by Schwarz and his orchestra...[Diamond's] brass writing is very assured, whether it’s big and brazen or disarmingly quiet. Indeed, there’s plenty... —
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On This Shining Night: Music For Voice and String Quartet
James Gilchrist, Roderick Williams, Sophie Bevan, Coull Quartet
By far the most interesting interplay between voice and string quartet in this new recital is in Sally Beamish’s five Tree Carols, of which this is the first recording...All told, a cleverly... —
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Signum Anniversary Series: Art Song Collection
Iain Burnside, Malcolm Martineau, John Mark Ainsley, Mark Padmore, Ailish Tynan, Felicity Lott, Sarah Connolly & Jonathan Lemalu
this generous culling of 25 songs from 20 albums released in the past 15 years has a delectable cast of British and Irish voices in songs from Beethoven to Weir. —
