Walking in the Dark
Julia Bullock & Christian Reif
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, Choral & Song Choice
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Record Review, 7th January 2023, Record of the Week
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year, Solo Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Young Talent of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Winner - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Vocal
The tracks for voice and piano are a highlight. Bullock’s performance of ‘City Called Heaven’, a traditional Black spiritual in an arrangement by Hall Johnson, is quite something...The jazz-based...
Walking in the Dark
Julia Bullock & Christian Reif
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Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, Choral & Song Choice
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Record Review, 7th January 2023, Record of the Week
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Female Singer of the Year, Solo Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Young Talent of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Winner - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Shortlisted - Vocal
The tracks for voice and piano are a highlight. Bullock’s performance of ‘City Called Heaven’, a traditional Black spiritual in an arrangement by Hall Johnson, is quite something...The jazz-based...
About
Julia Bullock makes her solo recording debut with 'Walking in the Dark', on Nonesuch Records. Bullock is joined on the album by London's Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Christian Reif for Samuel Barber's 'Knoxville: Summer of 1915' and an aria from John Adams's 'El Niño'. With Reif on piano she also performs a traditional spiritual and songs by Oscar Brown, Jr.; Billy Taylor; and Sandy Denny. The Connie Converse song 'One by One', whose lyrics are featured in the album title, is out now.
Contents and tracklist
- Walking in the Dark
Awards and reviews
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BBC Music MagazineJanuary 2023Choral & Song Choice
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Record Review7th January 2023Record of the Week
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Opus Klassik Awards2023Nominated - Female Singer of the Year, Solo Vocal
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Opus Klassik Awards2023Winner - Young Talent of the Year
January 2023
The tracks for voice and piano are a highlight. Bullock’s performance of ‘City Called Heaven’, a traditional Black spiritual in an arrangement by Hall Johnson, is quite something...The jazz-based numbers are also outstanding and showcase the rare depth and richness of Bullock’s voice
May/June 2023
[In the Barber] Bullock employs a fast vibrato, which adds vibrancy, and she possesses a lovely timbre in all registers. I always wish to hear as much of James Agee’s haunting text as possible, and Bullock enunciates more clearly than anyone else I know except Upshaw.
26th November 2022
In her first solo album, Walking in the Dark (Nonesuch), Julia Bullock is described not by voice type but as a “classical singer”. If this hints at range and versatility, as well as emotional power, a Bullock hallmark, her choice of repertoire confirms that impression
