Nolan brings to them the same concentration one brings to a page of Celan: nothing is throwaway, everything is load-bearing...
This immensely enjoyable chamber music recital afforded a rare opportunity to experience the evolution of the piano trio across three distinct musical epochs.
This is a Mass in B minor where chamber-like sonorities go together with dramatic gestures as elegant as they are powerful, and where the instrumental and vocal soloists alike are allowed a high degree of latitude in expressing their individuality within the context of a highly disciplined vision of a highly variegated work.
John Potter (tenor), Christopher O’Gorman (tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) Hyperion CDA67998. Released December 2013 This fascinating and beautiful release is the second in a three-volume series growing out of Cantum pulcriorem invenire:…
Here as throughout, soprano Frances Cooper proves the most able and beguiling of interpreters, her diction crystal-clear, her voice sweet and steady, her expression attuned to the subtlest affective potential of both music and the poetry.