Decades
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Decades: A Century of Song Vol. 3 1830 - 1840
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Lorna Anderson (soprano), Alexey Gusev (bass-baritone), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Soraya Mafi (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Kirchschlager, a singer incapable of being boring, has the lion’s share of the German Lieder here…With accompaniments that are often discreetly supportive, it’s too easy to take for granted... —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2018, Editor's Choice
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A Century of Song Vol. 1 (1810-1820)
Malcolm Martineau (piano), Michael Schade (tenor), Sylvia Schwartz (soprano), Lorna Anderson (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo), Florian Boesch (baritone)
Schade is always an involved, communicative singer, eagerly responsive to mood and verbal detail, and excelling in tenderness and intimacy…the diamond-bright Spanish-English soprano Sylvia Schwartz... —
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Decades - A Century of Song Vol. 4
1840-1850
Florian Boesch (baritone), Alexey Gusev (baritone), Samuel Hasselhorn (baritone), Anush Hovhannisyan (soprano), Oliver Johnston (tenor), Nick Pritchard (tenor), Ida Evelina Ränzlöv (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Dargomyzhsky outstays his welcome a little, but there are gems such as Franck’s’ finely crafted songs, nicely delivered by Nick Pritchard. Oliver Johnston’s Donizetti is tender. I particularly... —
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Decades: A Century of Song Vol. 2 1820 - 1830
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Luis Gomes (tenor), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Anush Hovhanissyan (soprano), Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
The singers have been well chosen. Portuguese tenor Luis Gomes is impassioned in Bellini’s small domestic substitutes or operatic arias, while Armenian soprano Anush Hovhannisyan brings vitality... —
