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Reviews (5)
Presto classical
d. 30. Nov. 2022
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Katherine Cooper
d. 30. Nov. 2022
"Editor's choice - November 2022: Hughes's pure, clear but supremely expressive soprano is the ideal vehicle for this poignant recital exploring the themes of loss and mourning, which takes its title from a powerful new song-cycle by Watkins setting texts by Rossetti, Dickinson, Yeats, Larkin and Harsent with unflagging imagination and sympathy. The Purcell songs are beautifully done, as are Watkins's performances of astutely-chosen movements from Bach's solo keyboard works, and Errollyn Wallen's radiant 'Peace on Earth' makes for a cathartic closer".
Fono Forum
2023 Mai
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Jürgen Schaarwächter
2023 Mai
"Von Purcell und Bach, nicht selten gespiegelt durch die Perspektiven britischer Komponisten des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts, bis zu zeitgenössischer Musik reichen die vorgestellten Werke ... Hughes' Stimme ist von grosser Klarheit und Ausdruckskraft, die SACD-Aufnahmetechnik unterstützt in vorbildlicher Weise auch Huw Watkins Beiträge am Klavier".
Diapason
2023 mars
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Sylvain Fort
2023 mars
BBC music magazine
2023 February
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Paul Riley (musikanmelder)
2023 February
"Recording of the month: A rich skin of melancholy and introspection is woven throughout soprano Ruby Hughes's latest collaboration with composer-pianist Huw Watkings. And at its heart is his song cycle 'Echo' ... Watkins's cycle shares Britten's ability to meld text and musical gesture with an acuity seemingly effortless, almost plucked ready-formed out of the air ... An exquisite release touched with poignant pleasures and depth-plumbing reflections that echo, re-echo, linger and endure".
The gramophone
2023 January
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David Patrick Stearns
2023 January
"This meticulously curated album from Ruby Hughes could be called "The Quiet Album". It intersperses Bach sarabandes for solo keyboard with the same composer's 'Geistliche Lieder', followed by Purcell songs, folk songs and new musik, including the 2017 song-cycle 'Echo' by her pianist on the album, Huw Watkins ... All on the spare side ... leaving plenty of room for introspective, deeply probing performances ... She holds back to an often-intense 'mezzo-piano' with concentration and deep focus on the words ... With the composer at the piano and Hughes effectively navigating the words, the cycle is a perfectly beguiling experience".