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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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,... |
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BRAHMS
Lieder Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] "In heartbreak or happiness, this distinctive singer is a delight in Brahms...Harmonia Mundi's superb vocal recitals this month are totally different. And yet all are united by an emotional honesty on the part of the singer. Bernarda Fink's tone is... |
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BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
"Romantic" (10 CD boxset) Brigitte Engerer, Bernarda Fink, Werner Güra, Philippe Herreweghe, Régis Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Alain Planès, and many more [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 10 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2011 ] An amazing 10-CD bargain boxes from Harmonia Mundi of classic recordings from their catalogue. We know from experience that these will sell out quickly: incredible price, limited edition, while stocks last. |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3 [recorded in 2013] Christiane Karg, Mari Eriksmoen, Bernarda Fink, Andrew Staples, Christian Gerhaher / Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Hardi [ BR Klassik / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Ever since his debut in 2005 with Berg's "Wozzeck" (concertante) with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding has regularly attracted public attention with spectacular concerts. With the "Faust Scenes" by Robert Schumann -... |
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W.A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (Complete opera) Daniel Behle, Marcos Fink, Maris Peterson, Sunhae Im / RIAS-Kammerchor / Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "I suspect I shall reach for this new recording as often as any, for its bubbling, crackling theatricality and an eager, yet unforced, sense of fun." Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Opera |
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LIED
Lieder by Beethoven, Schubert, Korngold, Schumann, Beethoven, etc Dietrich Henschel (baritone) Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Werner Gura (baritone), various pianists [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Three major artists of the harmonia mundi label invite you to share in a moment of intimacy: the works of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms - but also Beethoven, Dvorák, and even Korngold in the twentieth century - are its finest jewels. |
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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... |
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Fink/Gens/Jacobs
Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 27/Aug/2007 ] |
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Rossini, G
Guillaume Tell Hampson, Sabbatini, Smilek, Fink, Kotoski, Silins, Dickie, Zachariassen, Chen, Gustafson, Ungureanu, Gisser, Chor der Wi [ ORFEO / 3 CD - released 8/Mar/2005 ] |
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J. S. BACH
Mass in B Minor Hillevi Martinpelto, Bernarda Fink, Axel Kohler, Christoph Pregardien, Matthias Goerne, Franz-Josef Selig / RIAS-Kammerchor, Rene Jacobs [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 25/Feb/2015 ] The Reissue of one of the finest recordings of Bach's "Hohe Messe'! This "compelling performance..spacious and intimate" (Gramophone) boasts of a line-up of famous soloists: Christoph Prégardien, Matthias Goerne, Bernarda Fink and Hillevi... |
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HANDEL
The Masterworks [8 CD set incls 'Giulio Cesare', 'Messiah', 'Water Music', 'Dixit Dominus', etc] Jennifer Larmore; Barbara Schlick; Bernarda Fink; Rene Jacobs, Richard Egarr, Andreas Schioll, Patricia Bardon, etc [ Harmonia Mundi / 8 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2013 ] "Jacobs has the advantage of the excellent choir Rutter trained at Clare College, one of the best in the country. They sing superbly, and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra also make an impressive contribution. Jacobs's solo team are excellent" Penguin G |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Cantatas Vol 18: BWV191, BWV63, BWV123, BWV65, BWV154, BWV32, BWV 124 Magdalena Kožená, Bernarda Fink, Michael Chance / James Gilchrist / Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / 2 CD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] "With 10 top-flight soloists, it brings this awe-inspiring project to a powerful end." The Independent on Sunday, 31st October 2010 |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri, Op. 50 Mark Padmore, Sally Matthews, Kate Royal, Bernarda Fink, Andrew Staples / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] "You can really tell that Rattle loves this work. His approach is full of affection - listen to the care he lavishes on the stunning ending of Part Two - but also architectural breadth." (MusicWeb) |
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TRADITIONAL / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / JOAQUIN TURINA / MANUEL de FALLA
Alhambra, a musical tour Alain Planes, Albert Guinovart, Bernarda Fink, Javier Perianes / Atrium Musicae de Madrid / The Dufay Collective / Orquesta Ciudad de Granada [ Harmonia Mundi Resonances / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2016 ] From the Arab conquest to the 20th century, Granada was at once the centre and the object of intense musical creation, embodied in the emblematic Alhambra Palace and its gardens, the subjects of musical fantasies of all kinds. It was a fascination... |
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GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C minor 'Resurrection' [Revised Edition by Renate Stark-Voit and Gilbert Kaplan] Ricarda Merbeth (soprano) & Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) / Netherlands Radio Choir & Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons [ RCO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD/DVD - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "The Royal Concertgebouw proves once again what a consummate body it can be when thoroughly engaged. Orchestral playing is immaculately voiced, the soundscape superbly balanced, the work's shape presented in one sweeping arc and steered like a... |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande (complete opera) Christian Gerhaher, Magdalena Kožená, Bernarda Fink, Franz-Josef Selig / London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live SACD + BLU-RAY AUDIO / 4 Hybrid SACD - released 6/Dec/2017 ] "Rattle maintains both a clear pulse in individual scenes and a through line which positively celebrates Debussy's and Maeterlinck's radical intercutting of scenes of varied physical and emotional locations in the central acts." Gramophoe |
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HUGO WOLF
Wolf: Eichendorff-Lieder Stephen Genz (baritone) RogerVignoles (piano) with Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Apr/2014 ] 'What makes this disc so special is the very obvious enthusiasm of everyone involved' (BBC Music Magazine) |