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2022-05-14 08:02:21
Unique in the Canadian cultural landscape: conductor Mark Vuorinen on the Elora Singers
Mark Vuorinen & the Elora Singers performing in the Barn at the Elora Festival The Elora Singers might be described as one of Canada's best kept secrets. A professional choir with a long history, dating back over 40 years, they are known in the UK for the quality of their performances without ever quite getting the sort of name recognition they deserve. They first came to my attention in 2017, when composer Patrick Hawes talked about their performances and recording of his music [see my interview] They have a fine catalogue of recordings, the most recent of which was their Christmas disc, Radiant Dawn. I recently chatted to their conductor, Mark Vuorinen (via Zoom) to learn more about the choir. The choir is based in Elora, a town in South-West Ontario some 120 km from Toronto. This makes them unique in the Canadian cultural landscape as most professional choirs […]
2022-05-11 06:36:37
Samuel Barber: The Complete Songs, Dylan Perez & friends survey nearly 50 years of the composer's songs including those unpublished during his lifetime
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) - The Complete Songs; Fleur Barron, Mary Bevan, Samantha Clarke, Jess Dandy, Louise Kemény, Soraya Mafi, Julien Van Mellaerts, Dominic Sedgwick, Nicky Spence, William Thomas, Navarra String Quartet, Dylan Perez; Resonus Classics Reviewed 10 May 2022 (★★★★) An amazing achievement, pianist Dylan Perez and a fine array of young singers in a survey of Barber's complete songs from 1924 through to 1972 This new set from pianist Dylan Perez is almost the record set that you didn't know that you needed. Samuel Barber's songs are much anthologised, we all know a selection of them but few people actually concentrate on the whole corpus and, frankly, when did you last hear a complete performance of his major cycle Hermit Songs. So, over two discs from Resonus Classics, pianist Dylan Perez is joined by a fine array of young talent, Fleur Barron, Mary Bevan, Samantha Clarke, Jess Dandy, Louise […]
2022-05-10 06:53:37
Boulevard des Italiens: tenor Benjamin Bernheim explores Paris' long love-affair with French composers
Boulevard des Italiens: arias in French by Cherubini, Spontini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni; Benjamin Bernheim, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Frédéric Chaslin; Deutsche GrammophonReviewed 9 May 2022 (★★★★★) Tenor Benjamin Bernheim bring style and passion to a recital that explores French opera's long love affair with Italian composers. With the opening number of his new recital, Benjamin Bernheim firmly sets a stake in the ground. 'Adieu, séjour fleuri' is from the French premiere of Puccini's Madame Butterfly, given in French translation but in a revised version by the composer which was then transferred to become the standard Italian one. This is a disc of music by Italian composers working in France and working in French. For Boulevard des Italiens, tenor Benjamin Bernheim joins the Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, conductor Frédéric Chaslin on Deutsche Grammophon for arias by Cherubini, Spontini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, and Mascagni. This is a mix […]
2022-05-09 07:16:49
Winds of Change: a survey of Ruth Gipps' wind chamber music from 1943 through to 1995
Ruth Gipps - Wind chamber music; Ben Goldscheider, Huw Watkins, Mary Bevan, Ruth Rosales, Hannah von Wiehler, London Chamber Orchestra; Three Worlds Records Reviewed 2 May 2022 (★★★½) An imaginative survey spanning the whole of Gipps career, concentrating on her chamber music for wind right through to one of her last works. Having recorded her Horn Concerto [see my review], Ben Goldscheider has recorded a disc of Ruth Gipps' chamber music for wind, Winds of Change on Three Worlds Records. Goldscheider is joined by pianist Huw Watkins, soprano Mary Bevan, narrator Ruth Rosales, conductor Hannah von Wiehler and members of the London Chamber Orchestra for a disc which moves across the whole of Gipps career, including the Sonatina for horn and piano, Wind Octet, Wind Sinfonietta, and Sonata for alto trombone (or horn) and piano along with numerous smaller items. Whilst Ruth Gipps did not live under the radar as […]
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