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The guardian

d. 11. Jan. 2017

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Andrew Clements (musikanmelder)

d. 11. Jan. 2017

"As a vehicle for the soaring purity of Fleming's voice, and as an evocation of Strand's very finely etched sensibility, Hillborg's settings are genuinely beautiful and their cumulative effect is powerful ... There's more ravishment and vocal refinement in the work that precedes the Hillborg too ... And the three songs by Björk that end the disc don't seem out of place either".


Diapason

2017 mars

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Hélène Cao

2017 mars


BBC music magazine

2017 March

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Geoff Brown (musikanmelder)

2017 March

"[The Strand Settings] already seems a classic with its declamatory vocal ardour, orchestral finesse, and communicative confluence of styles, from tinkling minimalism to a snatch of mock Handel. As she soars upwards on words like 'stars' and 'freedom' - Hillborg's not afraid of the obvious - Fleming's top register seems as golden as ever, even if touches of tarnish show below".


Fono Forum

2017 März

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Johannes Schmitz

2017 März

"Barbers Knoxville: Summer of 1915 ist ... ideales Terrain für Renée Fleming, die aus damenhafter Stimmkontrolle heraus agiert. In den Strand Settings ... Über diesen leicht flirrenden Dissonanzen gestaltet Fleming die Texte klangschön und emotional beteiligt ... Weich, schön, ein bisschen modern: Distant Light gleitet von der amerikanischen Klassik über die neue Soft-Moderne bis zum Pop-Crossover. Zumindest Fleming-Fans werden gerne folgen".


Klassisk

2017, nr. 44

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Per Rask Madsen

2017, nr. 44

"Efter tre års albumpause har Renée Fleming overraskende valgt at dykke ned i nordisk musik og endda med hovedvægt på musik fra nyere tid ... Med på den nye skive har crossover-dirigenten Hans Ek ... arrangeret fire numre af det islandske popikon Björk, men når man kender de oprindelige versioner, klinger Flemings operasang noget kunstig og musicalagtig ... Heldigvis starter albummet med Samuel Barbers rørende Knoxville: Summer of 1915".


The gramophone

2017 February

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David Patrick Stearns

2017 February

"Fleming is in her best voice for Hillborg, sometimes digging into her lower range with great effect but also resorting to breathy mannerisms to characterise awed disbelief at the visions at hand ... With Björk ... Fleming has to make sense on her own terms ... But Fleming finds much to connect with in the rhapsodic repetitions of Jóga. 'All is Full of Love' benefits from overdubbing: Fleming seems to be everywhere at once, with rather intoxicated effect ... As a collection of music, this haphazard disc asks if Hillborg alone, is worth the price. Yes it is".


Opus

2017, nr. 73

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Camilla Lundberg

2017, nr. 73

"Såväl Hillborg som Björk försätter mig i nästintill rusig hypnos. Sinsemellan helt olika, men ändå med en surrealistisk fräschör (nordisk?) som därtill gör La Fleming full rättvisa - och vice versa. Särskillt imponerande är henns personliga tackling av Björks oefterhärmliga idiom. Och Eks arr står inte Hillborgs unika orkesterkonst långt efter".