John Tomlinson, David Owen Norris - Britten - Wolf - Chostakovitch (2013) [Hi-Res]

• Title: Britten - Wolf - Chostakovitch
  
• Year Of Release: 2013
  
• Label: Chandos
  
• Genre: Classical
  
• Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
  
• Total Time: 01:02:46
  
• Total Size: 268 mb / 720 mb
  
• WebSite: Album Preview
  

Tracklist

01. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 (David Owen Norris): No. 1. Sonetto XVI: Si come nella penna e nell'inchiostro
02. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 (David Owen Norris): No. 2. Sonetto XXXI: A che più debb'io mai l'intensa voglia
03. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 (David Owen Norris): No. 3. Sonetto XXX: Veggio co' bei vostri occhi un dolce lume
04. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 (David Owen Norris): No. 4. Sonetto LV: Tu sa' ch'io so, signior mie, che tu sai
05. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 (David Owen Norris): No. 5. Sonetto XXXVIII: Rendete a gli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume
06. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 (David Owen Norris): No. 6. Sonetto XXXII: S'un casto amor, s'una pieta superna
07. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 (David Owen Norris): No. 7. Sonetto XXIV: Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede
08. 3 Gedichte von Michelangelo (Hugo Wolf): No. 1. Wohl denk Ich oft
09. 3 Gedichte von Michelangelo (Hugo Wolf): No. 2. Alles endet, was entstehet
10. 3 Gedichte von Michelangelo (Hugo Wolf): No. 3. Fuhlt meine Seele
11. Suite, Op. 145, "On Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti": I. Istina (Truth)
12. Suite, Op. 145, "On Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti": II. Utro (Morning)
13. Suite, Op. 145, "On Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti": III. L'ubov' (Love)
14. Suite, Op. 145, "On Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti": IV. Razluka (Separation)
15. Suite, Op. 145, "On Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti": V. Gnev (Wrath)
16. Suite, Op. 145, "On Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti": VI. Dante
17. Suite, Op. 145, "On Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti": VII. Izgnanniku (To the Exiled)
18. Suite, Op. 145, "On Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti": VIII. Tvorchestvo (Artistry)
19. Suite, Op. 145, "On Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti": IX. Noch (Night)
20. Suite, Op. 145, "On Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti": X. Smert' (Death)
21. Suite, Op. 145, "On Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti": XI. Bessmertie (Eternity)

Michelangelo in Song (Chandos) is a late-career offering from John Tomlinson, a bass still too little appreciated on our side of the Atlantic. His program of songs is set to the poems of the Renaissance's prototypical gay artist, and leading them off with Britten's Seven Sonnets sustains the emphasis. Some of the pain and passion of Britten's settings of Michelangelo's homoerotic poems is dulled by the age and vibrato unmistakable in Tomlinson's voice, and the transposition from the original keys for tenor takes its own toll. But there's not a word delivered without pointed expression.
Hugo Wolf's Drei Gedichte von Michelangelo were written for bass, and Tomlinson brings authority to the interpretations that summons memories of Hans Hotter. There are more compromises with Shostakovich's Suite on Verses of Michelangelo Buonarroti, which in its most finished version is for voice and orchestra. It runs competition with one of the finest recordings the late Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau made. But there's thoughtfulness everywhere in Tomlinson's new disc, including David Owen Norris' accompaniments, and it may yet prove one to live with. Tim Pfaff, Bay Area Reporter

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