Stone Records
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The musical centrepiece…is Graham Lack’s seven-section Refugium…Swinson’s measured approach gives ample space for the unique instrumental forces while judiciously shepherding his choir’s reserves…This... —
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Rose and Shostakovich Cello Sonatas
Katherine Jenkinson (cello), Alison Farr (piano), Nicholas Holland (cello)
Lawrence Rose dedicated his sonata to Katherine Jenkinson and Alison Farr, and they perform the piece with commitment, a beautiful and rich singing tone, and technical panache. The recorded... —
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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 3
Geraldine McGreevy (soparano), Mark Stone (baritone) & Sholto Kynoch (piano)
McGreevy brings a disarming simplicity to the 'motto' song of this cycle of miniatures ('Even small things can delight us'), and Stone's well-groomed baritone declares his love with directness...I... —
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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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