Barber - Dover Beach, Op. 3
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As on his 2005 Ives collection, the Canadian baritone Gerald Finley is golden in tone, persuasive in phrasing, and unfailingly responsive to the sound and sense of the words. Julius Drake once... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Solo Vocal
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Special offer. Barber: The Complete Songs
RecommendedDylan Perez (piano), Samantha Clarke, Soraya Mafi, Louise Kemény, Mary Bevan (sopranos), Fleur Barron (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Nicky Spence (tenor), Dominic Sedgwick, Julien Van Mellaerts (baritones), William Thomas (bass)
Navarra String Quartet
Dylan Perez’s pianism is consistently insightful without obtruding – a tall order for any accompanist – and his curating of the entire project is masterly...These two discs undoubtedly set a... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Song
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Judging by their passionate performances, this British team clearly feel utterly at home in this repertoire...The hit, undoubtedly, is the premiere recording of Price’s structurally lopsided... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 28th May 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Building A Library, January 2022, Featured Recording
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Special offer. Tides of Life
RecommendedArrangements for string ensemble and baritone by David Matthews
Candida Thompson (violin) & Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Netherlands Female Youth Choir
In his orchestrations Matthews makes inspired and sensitive use of string colour and intimate solos…and in Schubert's Ständchen for vocal ensemble, the demure-sounding girls' choir, supported... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th February 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Barber: The Songs Complete
RecommendedCheryl Studer (soprano), John Browning (piano), Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Emerson String Quartet
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Solo vocal
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Barber - The Songs
RecommendedCheryl Studer (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone), John Browning (piano)
Emerson String Quartet
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Gramophone Awards, 1994, Winner - Solo Vocal
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On This Shining Night: Music For Voice and String Quartet
James Gilchrist, Roderick Williams, Sophie Bevan, Coull Quartet
By far the most interesting interplay between voice and string quartet in this new recital is in Sally Beamish’s five Tree Carols, of which this is the first recording...All told, a cleverly... —
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Special offer. This Other Eden: A Landscape of English Poetry and Song
Kitty Whately (mezzo), Joseph Middleton (piano), with Kevin Whatley, Madelaine Newton, Magnus Johnston, Brian O'Kane
Navarra Quartet
Whately's choice is eclectic…[and] she sings them with attractive brightness and fervour. Her tone is not yet as distinctive as Janet Baker or Sarah Connolly, say, but there's a plangent shading... —
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Juilliard String Quartet: Great Collaborations
Juilliard String Quartet, Rudolf Firkusny (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Walter Trampler (viola), Leonard Bernstein (piano), Harold Wright (clarinet), Aaron Copland (piano), Jorge Bolet (piano)
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