Poulenc - Fancy
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Shakespeare Songs
RecommendedIan Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Elizabeth Kenny (lute), Adam Walker (flute), Lawrence Power (viola), Michael Collins (clarinet)
Five songs from Finzi’s incomparable Let us Garlands Bring see the tenor’s head voice floating sympathetically through the melismatic vowels and ever-shifting metres of Finzi’s most sensitive... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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Grammy Awards, 59th Awards (2016), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Poulenc: The Complete Songs
Graham Johnson (piano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Geraldine McGreevy (soprano), Pierre Bernac (narrator), Ben Johnson (tenor), Sarah Fox (soprano), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Ivan Ludlow (baritone), Brandon Velarde (baritone), Robin Tritschler (tenor), Robin Tritschler...
The greatest hero of the set remains Graham Johnson himself. As well as writing the booklet notes and organising the whole adventure, Johnson proves himself to be the most sensitive and accomplished... —
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2005, Editor's Choice
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Sounds and Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Joseph Middleton (piano)
Sampson’s vocal security throughout the registers, clear diction, and patrician phrasing all testify to a complete artist. And Sampson proves every bit as much at home in the modernist works... —
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A Garland of the Elizabethan
Five centuries of madrigals, glees & partsongs with Elizabethan lyrics
The Clerks of Christ Church
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The Complete Songs of Francis Poulenc Volume 4
John Mark Ainsley, William Dazeley, Sarah Fox, Magdalena Molendowska, Ann Murray, Thomas Oliemans & Malcolm Martineau
The programme has been thoughtfully chosen here to provide...contrasts between the perky Poulenc and the one who could cosset himself in his luxuriantly purple harmonies. The range of voices... —
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The Shakespeare Concerts Series, Vol. 8: Who is Sylvia
Christina Bouey (violin), Rhiannon Banerdt (violin), Colin Brookes (viola), Grace Ho (cello), Thea Lobo (mezzo-soprano), Franziska Huhn (harp), Andrea Chenoweth (soprano), Miroslav Sekera (piano), Vera Savage (mezzo-soprano), Sangyoung Kim (piano), Omar Najmi (tenor), Tim Ribchester (piano), Ethan...
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Amiscellany: Music-Making with Old Friends
John Amis (vocals), Leslie Howard (piano), Levon Chilingirian (violin)
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A charming album of English-language songs by French composers – I could listen to Duncan’s honey-toned voice all day. Switzer proves a fine partner. —
