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English mezzo-soprano
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2023-11-20 07:34:00
Singing in the rain: London Song Festival celebrates the bi-centenary of the Mackintosh
[…] great contrast, Herbert Hughes' She weeps of Rahoon, sung by Taylor, featured a haunting, folk-like melody perhaps influenced by Hughes' collecting of Irish traditional song.Rain as Threat began with a late song by Michael Head, Rain Storm sung by Atkinson. This was rather lovely, intimate yet engaging with Atkinson relishing telling a story yet rising to passion at the end. The second premiere was Rain, rain rain by David Ward (born 1941), setting text by contemporary poet Neville Rigby. This was a duet, which featured quasi-rapturous moments for each voice, punctuated by a duet refrain. It was intelligently tonal, full of intriguing harmonic quirks an the ending was striking, cries of 'Rain, rain, rain' over a terrific piano solo, followed by a quiet unwinding that led to music that was quietly disturbing.We ended with Roger Quilter's Hey, ho, the Wind and the Rain sung as a duet. Here Quilter set the same text as […]
2021-11-18 07:01:00
Piano Potpourri, No. 2 (CD Reviews)
[…] that readers allergic to such matters can avoid them and we can remain friends.” Allow me to point out just a few highlights that offer a hint of just how wide-ranging and stimulating these reflections are. In “Two women, two songs: in and out of harmony,” Hough quickly analyzes two wildly successful popular songs about women, reflecting on how although both the women and the music of Jobim’s “Girl from Ipanema” and the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” were totally different, both were remarkable compositions. “Stanley Kubrick and recording” explains how seeing a documentary on how Kubrick went about filming The Shining set an example for Hough as to how to go about making a recording. In “Glenn Gould and modern recording,” Hough reflects on Gould’s decision to abandon live performance in favor of recordings in light of how the recording industry has changed since Gould’s time, speculating about how Gould would have […]
2021-09-21 00:00:00
Mahler: Symphonies No.6, No.10 & Das Lied von der Erde (Mark Wigglesworth)
[…] Producer: Mike George Here is Mark Wigglesworth's first recording of the Tenth Symphony, made in 1993 with BBC NOW and issued as a BBC Music Magazine cover disc is not quite as fine as his later Melbourne recording [2008], but still well worth hearing. Over the ensuing 15 years, his interpretation and understanding of the work deepened considerably. 01. - 06. [arr. Arnold Schoenberg & Rainer Riehn] Das Lied von der Erde [68'10] Jean Rigby- mezzo, Robert Tear- tenor, The Premiere Ensemble conducted by Mark Wigglesworth RCA 09026 680432 [recorded June/July 1993; CD issued 1995] [CD-rip; flacs, booklet, cover and back scans]Recording venue: The Maltings, Snape, SuffolkRecording engineer: Mike Hatch; Producer: Andrew Keener Finally, a little known issue of Schoenberg and Riehn's arrangement of Das Lied von der Erde for chamber ensemble [started for The Society for Private Musical Performances] and recorded in 1995. I'm not sure of the […]
2021-09-14 00:00:00
Vaughan Williams: Anniversary Collector Edition & five more Serenades to Music
[…] York on 23 September 1962. It's a good performance, as is the accompanying recording in the same hall of the Fourth Symphony, but not top recommendations for either. Vaughan Williams - Choral Works Vol.101. Serenade to Music * [13'34]02. - 06. Five Mystical Songs ^ [19'41]07. Fantasia on Christmas Carols ^ [12'26]08. Flos campi. Suite for Viola, Chorus and Orchestra # [22'13] Sopranos: Amanda Roocroft, Anne Dawson, Linda Kitchen, Elizabeth ConnellMezzos/Contraltos: Sarah Walker, Jean Rigby, Diana Montague, Catherine Wyn-RogersTenors: John Mark Ainsley, Martyn Hill, Arthur Davies, Maldwyn DaviesBaritones/Basses: Gwynne Howell, Thomas Allen, Alan Opie, John Connell,English Chamber Orchestra * ; Thomas Allen- baritone ^; Nobuko Imai- viola # ; Corydon Singers ^#, all conducted by Matthew Best Hyperion CDA66420 [recorded June 1990; CD issued 1990][digital download, flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans}Recording venue: not disclosedRecording engineer: Antony Howell; Producer: Mark Brown This recording has been critically well received but […]
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