Voyages
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DUPARC / FAURE / CHABRIER / SCHUBERT / SEVERAC / etc
Voyages
Mary Bevan (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)
[ Signum / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 10 August 2018
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Soprano Mary Bevan and pianist Jopseph Middleton perform a programme exploring the genius of Baudelaire and Goethe, and how texts by them unlocked very specific musical landscapes in settings by Debussy, Duparc, Chausson, de Bréville, Séverac, Fauré and Schubert.Praised by Opera for her "dramatic wit and vocal control" in stand out performances on opera and concert platforms, Mary Bevan is a winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society's Young Artist award and UK Critics' Circle Award for Exceptional Young Talent in music. Pianist Joseph Middleton specialises in the art of song accompaniment and chamber music and has been highly acclaimed within this field. Described in the BBC Music Magazine as "one of the brightest stars in the world of song and Lieder", he has also been labeled "the cream of the new generation" by The Times and "a perfect accompanist" by Opera Now
Gramophone Award Shortlist 2018 - Solo Vocal
"The notion of a musical journey may be a cliché, but this intelligent collection is no hackneyed metaphorical package tour…What makes these travels so beguiling is the combination of Bevan and Middleton. Bevan's creamy, velvet tone is continually seductive, while her upper register is achingly beautiful when hushed, yet also soars radiantly in Debussy's Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire." BBC Music
"Bevan's purity of tone and discreet yet telling way with words can be by turns unnerving and alluring in the Baudelaire settings… Middleton, as one might expect, is marvellously insightful, playing throughout with weight as well as grace and subtlety." Gramophone Award Shortlist 2018 - Solo Vocal
"[Mary Bevan] has that very smooth quality, ideally suited to this impressionist era… Signum Classics' sound quality reflects the elegance of the performances." Yorkshire Evening Post
Tracks:
Duparc: L'invitation au voyage in C Minor
Faure: 3 Songs, Op. 5: No. 1, Chant d'automne
Faure: 3 Songs, Op. 7: No. 2, Hymne
Chabrier: L'Invitation au voyage
Duparc: Romance de Mignon
Schubert: Gesange Aus 'wilhelm Meister' D877 - 3 Songs
Schubert: Kennst du das Land (Mignons Gesang), D321
Severac: Douze mélodies: No. 9, Les hiboux
Breville: Harmonie du soir
Debussy: Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire
Duparc: La Vie antérieure
Rollinat: Harmonie du soir
Rollinat: Le jet d'eau
