Special offer. Shostakovich: Songs
Gerald Finley (baritone)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling
everything here works beautifully. Finley and Sanderling drive home the climactic phrase of Shostakovich's Shakespeare sonnet, 'And art made tongue-tied by authority'...And the orchestral partnership...
Special offer. Shostakovich: Songs
Gerald Finley (baritone)
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Sanderling
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everything here works beautifully. Finley and Sanderling drive home the climactic phrase of Shostakovich's Shakespeare sonnet, 'And art made tongue-tied by authority'...And the orchestral partnership...
About
Canadian baritone Gerald Finley is one of the leading singers and dramatic interpreters of his generation. This is his debut recording with Ondine, already having many award-winning performances on CD and DVD.
In recital, Finley regularly works with Julius Drake and has performed cycles by Barber, Britten, Ives, Ravel and Schumann.
Thomas Sanderling enjoys a close relationship with the Shostakovich family and still works in close collaboration with Irina Shostakovich. It was Irina who provided the manuscript for the orchestral version of the Romances on Verses by British Poets, and expressly wished Sanderling to make the first ever recording of this version.
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Awards and reviews
July 2014
everything here works beautifully. Finley and Sanderling drive home the climactic phrase of Shostakovich's Shakespeare sonnet, 'And art made tongue-tied by authority'...And the orchestral partnership is beautifully honed.
July 2014
Finley and Sanderling are compelling advocates, and their subtlety makes for a refreshing change from the more stentorian delivery of certain old Soviet counterparts.
13th April 2014
Finley, always an intelligent and rewarding singer, has produced something rather special here...Finley, who studied medieval Italian, has fashioned an authentic text to work with Shostakovich's music [for the Michelangelo poems]...The result is both moving and profound, with Finley at his warm and sinuous best.
19th June 2014
Finley has taken songs composed by Shostakovich to English and Italian texts translated into Russian and restored them to their original languages. This bold experiment has incurred adjustments to phrasing, note-lengths and stress that purists might find hard to accept, but there can be no question of the haunted beauty of the music or the superb performance
