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Songs

Benjamin Britten

Reviews (10)

BBC music magazine

2012 January

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Hilary Finch

2012 January

"It's good to hear four quite different tenors responding to the song cycles originally written for Peter Pears, and recreating each one in a totally distinctive way".

BBC music magazine

2011 August

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Hilary Finch

2011 August

"This first volume of Britten's complete original songs for voice and piano introduces a series devised, cast and beautifully accompanied by Malcolm Martineau. It's likely to become a valuable documentary survey; and it should also provide calling cards for the cast of young singers in these performances".

Klassisk

2013, nr. 30

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Mikael Garnæs

2013, nr. 30

"Tenoren Ian Bostridge er en god Britten-sanger. Hans stemme er ikke stor og ikke udpræget smuk, men den er meget fokuseret og med præcis intonation. Han synger simpelt hen renere end de fleste. Dertil kommer, at han er god til at formidle teksten ... I mine ører et af de mest spændende bud på en moderne fortolkning af sangene".

BBC music magazine

2013 July

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Bayan Northcott

2013 July

"[Bostridge] has surely done nothing finer than this immaculately recorded new release. He is superbly partnered by Antonio Pappano, whose balancing of textures and beauty of touch sometimes surpass - dare it be said? - Britten's own recordings ... An essential addition to the Britten discography".

Fono Forum

2013 Mai

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Christoph Vratz

2013 Mai

"Bostridge trifft den nerv dieser Lieder: Mal klingt die Stimme herb oder, gerade im Piano, nuancenreich, mal androgyn, mal aufbrausend".

Diapason

2013 juin

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Jean-Charles Hoffelé

2013 juin

The gramophone

2012 January

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Richard Fairman

2012 January

"Whoever he is accompanying, pianist Malcolm Martineau is an expert guide. Though other individual recordings may be preferable, this second volume of Britten songs is greater than the sum of its parts".

The gramophone

2011 September

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Richard Fairman

2011 September

"As always, Malcolm Martineau's accompaniments are a constant source of inspiration on the journey - one more reason why this series promises to be a major addition to the Britten discgraphy. Full texts and translations, where necessary, are included".

International record review

2013 June

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Piers Burton-Page

2013 June

"Vurdering: IRR outstanding" - "Magnificent Britten collection from on of his leading current interpreters, on peak form - range from the almost skittish to the scarily apocalyptic ... Challenging or not, as a contribution to the Britten centenary this indispensable disc may conceivably be equalled - but it will certainly not be bettered".

The gramophone

2013 June

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David Patrick Stearns

2013 June

"Vurdering: Gramophone choice" - "Ian Bostridge singing Benjamin Britten is an event ... Besides his usual intelligence and personality, Bostridge has acquired a richness of timbre that, combined with his control of vibrato, is invaluable in the Six Hölderlin Fragments ... Bostridge is even better in the least-travelled repertoire ... Songs from the Chinese becomes an unexpected highlight".