FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 10: Les heures du jour (LP) Bernarda Fink (mezzo) / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - due 24/May/2024 ] The HAYDN2032 edition celebrates the release of the tenth volume in the complete recording of Haydn's 107 symphonies. Entitled 'The Times of Day', this programme is devoted to Symphonies nos. 6, 7 and 8, whose individual names translate as 'Morning',... |
GRANDOS / RODRIGO / NIN / GUASTAVINO / GINASTERA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canciones amatorias Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] 'Enthusiasts for song recitals should certainly investigate this disc, which offers one beautiful song after the other, running the gamut from elegant art songs to simple, folk-like tunes' (Fanfare) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Lieder (Songs) Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 12/Jun/2015 ] "Songs and performances are good company, each with an element of novelty" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine July 2004 |
VIVALDI / MONTEVERDI / FERRANDINI / CONTI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Virgin's Lament Bernarda Fink (mezzo) / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini [ Decca L'Oiseau Lyre / CD - released 13/Aug/2009 ] "Bernarda Fink sings it with an affecting mixture of restraint and passion. The instrumental pieces are done well, and this well planned disc is very desirable." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - September 2009 |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Requiem fur Mignon / Nachtlied / Das Paradies und die Peri Barbara Boney, Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley, etc / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gar [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Mar/2013 ] Includes complete texts with translations |
SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert / Schumann / Brahms / Wagner: Les Filles Du Rhin / Rhinemaidens Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Anneke Scott, Joseph Walters, Olivier Picon, Chris Larkin (horns) Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] "The vocal ensemble Pygmalion, resident at the Opera de Bordeaux, are suitably seductive sirens - and even Bernarda Fink makes a cameo appearance in Schubert's D920 Grillparzer Ständchen, her serenading awash with fellow female songsters, and harp." |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Schöpfungmesse / Harmoniemesse Christoph Prégardien, Ruth Ziesak, Susanna Spicer, Bernarda Fink / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / 2 CD - released 7/Oct/2002 ] Gramophone Magazine July 2002 - Editor's Choice |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (recorded in December, 1999) Claron McFadden, sop, Bernarda Fink, alto, Christoph Genz, tenor, Dietrich Henschel, bass / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloist, Eliot Gardiner [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] In the historic Weimar Herder Church Sir John Eliot Gardiner finds the perfect setting for his recording of the Bach Christmas Oratorio. Against the backdrop of the dramatic altar and Lucas Granach paintings, the Monteverdi Choir and the English... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler - Symphony No 3 Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Boys of the Breda Sacrament Choir & Rijnmond Boys' Choir, Mariss Jansons [ RCO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Apr/2011 ] "the RCO brass and string majesty remains a thing of wonder. Bernarda Fink brings real gravitas and weight to the Nietzsche text and, with the finale on the horizon, Jansons keeps it simple: let the music do the work." (ClassicFM) |
ANTONIO CALDARA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo Maria Cristina Kiehr, Rosa Dominguez, Bernarda Fink, Andreas Scholl / Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra / RenAC Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (pre 1700) - "...among [the arias] is a hypnotic contralto solo, sung beautifully by Bernarda Fink...[and] two florid arias by the outstanding alto Andreas Scholl...René Jacobs has a well-nigh... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 1 (with Balakirev - Tamara) Mark Padmore, Sally Matthews, Kate Royal, Bernarda Fink, Andrew Staples / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] "this release completes a superb Rachmaninov symphony cycle…it's a taut, gripping account, Gergiev often pushing the accelerator harder than Mariss Jansons and Mikhail Pletnev" Gramophone |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Il ottavo libro de madrigali, 1638 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi' Salomé Haller, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Bernarda Fink, Marisa Martins, Christophe Laporte,Kobie Van Rensburg / Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi HMHeritage / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] Monteverdi was 71 when he published his Eighth Book of madrigals. This collection, a monumental work of remarkable beauty, is a synthesis of all Monteverdi's experience in the realm of secular music. It is the culmination of a genre, the Italian... |
Fink
IIUII (It Isn't Until It Is) (Indie Exclusive Double Gatefold LP) [ R'Coup'D / 2 LP - released 15/Oct/2021 ] IIUII (It Isn't Until It Is) is a unique take on the "best of" format - an acoustic album reimagining 12 key songs from the first ten years of Fin Greenall, aka Fink. "That whole arc, from my bedroom to having a proper hit, playing the big... |
Fink
Resurgam (Double LP) [ R'coup'd / 2 LP - released 15/Sep/2017 ] Resurgam is the hotly-anticipated sixth studio album from Fink (Fin Greenall, Tim Thornton and Guy Whittaker). Recorded with ground-breaking producer Flood (Foals, PJ Harvey, The Killers, U2 and Warpaint) at his Assault & Battery studios in North... |
PERGOLESI
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina Anna Prohaska (soprano) / Bernarda Fink (mezzo) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin / Berhard Forck [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "The Akademie establishes the poignancy of atmosphere at the start, and all the performances are stylish and emotionally in keeping." (Daily Telegraph) |
HASSE
Sinfonias / Motette / Salve Regina / etc Barbara Bonney / Bernarda Fink / Musica Antiqua Koln / Goebel [ Archiv Al Fresco / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "First-rate sound, very clean and well balanced." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
Honegger,
Le Roi David Barbaux, Rappé, Fink, Prieur, Arnold, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Chor des BR; Mü. Rundfunkorchester, Hager [ ORFEO / CD - released 3/Dec/1991 ] |
MONTEVERDI
Madrigali Guerrieri Ed Amorosi Book 8 Bernarda Fink / Maria Cristina Kiehr / Concerto Vocale / Rena Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2002 ] 'This is early vocal chamber music at its most sophisticated.' (BBC Radio CD Review) |
RODRIGO / de FALLA / GRANADOS
Canciones españolas Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Anthony Spiri (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "Fink is one of the song repertoire's most complete polyglots...these performances are idiomatic and thrilling." (The Sunday Times) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Slovenija! - Slovenic Art Songs & Duets Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Anthony Spiri (piano [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] Closely associated with the folklore of the Balkans, the musical tradition of Slovenia also has a Romantic branch born at the confluence of the Alps and the Adriatic, between Austria and Italy. Bernarda and Marcos Fink (whose parents are Slovenian)... |