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) |
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 |
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)... |
MAHLER
Bernarda Fink sings Mahler Lieder Bernarda Fink (mezzo) & Anthony Spiri (piano) / Gustav Mahler Ensemble & Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Andrés Orozco-Estrada [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Jun/2014 ] An exciting exploration of the sources of Mahlerian inspiration. Can one really grasp the whole of Mahler's symphonic output without knowing his songs? Not only do they extensively irrigate the first four symphonies, often known as 'Wunderhorn... |
SCHUMANN
Lieder: Maria Stuart Op 135 / Liederkreis op 39 / etc Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Anthony Spirl (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] "The cycle fits Fink's grave, elegant voice ideally, while pianist Anthony Spiri gently highlights some of the stranger timbres. In the Rückert and Myrthen songs, "Jemand" and "O Sonn', o Meer, o Rose!" have extraordinary shimmer" Independent Jan 2010 |
BACH
Solo Cantatas Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Freiburger Barockorchester, dir. P. Müllejans [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] "Fink's velvet-timbred mezzo evokes to perfection the consoling sentiment of Bach's alto arias. Vergnügte Ruh has long been a favourite of star mezzos and countertenors, but Fink sings with an artless humility, with eloquent yet never overemphatic... |
GUASTAVINO / FLEURY / BUCHARDO / PIAZZOLLA / CARRILLO
Canciones Argentinas Bernarda Fink (mezzo) / Marcos Fink (baritone) / Carmen Piazzini (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] 'A devastating selection of Argentinian songs from Bernada and Marcos Fink' (BBC Music Magazine Choral/Song recording of the Month May 2006) |
MAHLER
Symphonies 1-10, Totenfeier & Das Lied von der Erde [11 Blu-ray set] Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) Ricarda Merbeth (soprano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Netherlands Radio Choir / Various conductors [ RCO Live Blu-ray / 11 Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Dec/2012 ] All full HD live recordings taken from the 2009-2011 Mahler celebration at Amsterdam Concertgebouw |
MAHLER
Symphonies 1-10, Totenfeier & Das Lied von der Erde [11 DVD set] Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) Ricarda Merbeth (soprano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Netherlands Radio Choir / Various conductors [ RCO Live DVD / 11 DVD - released 15/Dec/2012 ] All full HD live recordings taken from the 2009-2011 Mahler celebration at Amsterdam Concertgebouw |
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) |
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." |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Mar/2008 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (July 2002) |
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 |
W.A. MOZART
Cosi fan tutte (Complete opera) Bernarda Fink (soprano) Veronique Gens (soprano) Werner Gura (tenor) Marcel Boone (baritone) / Concerto Koln / Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi Mozart Edition / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] "The bite and clarity of the orchestral playing are revelatory...Once again, this greatest of operas amazes and beguiles. We scarcely need another recording...but this is one I would not willingly be without, especially because of the singers'... |
J.S. BACH
Easter Cantatas BWV6 & BWV66 Bernarda Fink, Steve Davislim, Michael Chance, Mark Padmore / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque, Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Players, John Eliot Gardiner |
WOLFGANG PUSCHNIG
Puschnig: For the Love of It Bernarda Fink / Wolfgang Puschnig / Mark Feldman / Mike Richmond [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] Wolfgang Puschnig is one who has returned from faraway musical realms, and whose compositions take us into the borderlands: The instrumentation including flutes, violin, saxophone, double bass and voices bridges the gap between folk music and jazz,... |