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2023-12-06 07:44:00
A lifetime's experience: John Nelson finally records Messiah in a finely engaged performance, with a fantastic quartet of soloists
[…] 12/8 and a complete delight. Of course, the high point for any soprano is the opening of Part Three, 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' and Crowe manages the feat of combining word and line into a plangently shaped whole. Pure magic.Countertenor Alex Potter is introduced to us with 'But who may abide', displaying a warmly appealing sound, with a very Oxbridge-sounding combination of tone and diction and his tone hints at the great James Bowman at times. No bad model. And then in the 'Refiner's fire' we get fine passage work yet still great words. His account of 'He was despised' is well balanced, not too slow and beautifully shaped, expressive yet not too milked, thank goodness. 'Thou art gone up on high' has a fine firmness to it, and then there is a novelty, the two-countertenor version (with Rory McLeery) of beautiful feet, and the solo alto version […]
2023-11-24 11:26:00
Joanna Forbes L'Estrange's Drop, Drop Slow Tears was commissioned in memory of countertenor James Bowman who died earlier this year. This performance by London Voices, conducted by Ben Parry, comes from a new disc of Forbes L'Estrange's singable, accessible, sacred choral music choral music, Heaven to Earth, to be released on the Signum Classics label in January 2024. Further details from the Signum Classics website.
2023-09-10 04:00:00
Handel: English Arias (Robert King, The Kings Consort)
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)Arias from The Choice of Hercules, Esther, Saul, Belshazzar, Theodora, Judas Maccabaeus, Solomon, Haman & MordecaiSinfonias from Esther & BelshazzarJames Bowman, Countertenor Robert King, The Kings Consort(Period Instruments)Hyperion CDA66797 (1995)[Flac & Scans]
2023-07-23 08:07:00
No one thought there was a market for the Beatles
[…] so terribly that any emotional problem would have had a much greater impact on him than for someone who was on a more even keel. We were all absolutely devastated by it, particularly the peformers he worked with who saw him as a life force, and if a life force dies or kills himself it is simply terrible - it couldn't be worse. I know that it knocked some of them - the countertenor James Bowman for instance - absolutely for six. He couldn't sing for quite a long time afterwards; he was absolutely devastated by it, and i am not surprised. BS: And the news of his death came totally out of the blue. CB: Completely, one day I had a phone call from John Willan who had taken over producing his recordings towards the end of his time, and John said: "You will never […]
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