Special offer. Refound
Hugh Cutting (countertenor), Audrey Hyland (piano)
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, Editor's Choice
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
With his resplendent mezzo-soprano-ish tone quality and ease of vocal production, the much-awarded Hugh Cutting represents a new level in the evolution of the countertenor voice in this debut...
Special offer. Refound
Hugh Cutting (countertenor), Audrey Hyland (piano)
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Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, Editor's Choice
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
With his resplendent mezzo-soprano-ish tone quality and ease of vocal production, the much-awarded Hugh Cutting represents a new level in the evolution of the countertenor voice in this debut...
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In his debut recital album, countertenor Hugh Cutting presents Refound with pianist Audrey Hyland. This programme revolves around songs that are the product of two roots, seen through two lenses. Cutting and Hyland build a recital celebrating rediscovery and reinterpretation, presenting songs that blend old and new in their construction, text, or context. It is a testament to the beauty of interpretation and revival. This theme unfolds in folk-inspired songs by Ravel and Vaughan Williams; ancient texts in Howells and Dvorak; an imagined past in Wolf and Hahn; emotional education in Beach, Rodrigo and Lama; Lehrer's parody; the recently rediscovered Mel Bonis; Piers Connor Kennedy's improvisation-adjacent Rough Rhymes (world premiere recording); and Jeremy Sams' new translation of Schubert's Abschied. Noted for his 'exceptional voice, lustrous and rounded' (The Times), Cutting is fast establishing a reputation for his narrative skill and vocal prowess. He cites Audrey Hyland, Head of Vocal and Opera at the Royal College of Music, as invaluable in his artistic development; Refound honours that relationship.
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Royal Philharmonic Society Awards - The Shortlist for 2026
27th Jan 2026
The contenders for this year's Awards (announced yesterday) include conductors Ellie Slorach, Domingo Hindoyan and John Wilson, and composers Richard Causton, Bushra El-Turk and Mark-Anthony Turnage.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2025
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Gramophone MagazineDecember 2025Editor's Choice
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The New York TimesBest Classical Music Albums of 2025
December 2025
With his resplendent mezzo-soprano-ish tone quality and ease of vocal production, the much-awarded Hugh Cutting represents a new level in the evolution of the countertenor voice in this debut recital album.
16th October 2025
his choices are eclectic, idiosyncratic even, but also profoundly satisfying...It’s Cutting’s plush yet flexible voice, however, that ties it all together. His handling of text, a willingness to go deep, and an impeccable musical sensitivity illuminate each song, from Piers Connor Kennedy’s wartime reflections to Tom Lehrer’s Poisoning Pigeons in the Park (sung here as a baritone).
The New York Times 18th December 2025
each song that Hugh Cutting sings — his voice sumptuous, with plummy tones throughout — feels overheard rather than performed, intimate yet precise, resisting conclusion and commanding attention.
