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Croft, Richard; b. 1959, USA; tenor
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2023-09-14 04:00:00
Sound the Trumpet: Henry Purcell and his Followers (Peter Holman, The Parley of Instruments)
Sound the Trumpet: Henry Purcell and his FollowersSonatas & Sinfonias by William Corbett (d1748) Henry Purcell (1759-1695) Gottfried Finger (d1730) William Croft (1678-1727) John Eccles (1668-1733) John Barrett (d1719) & James Paisible (d1721)Peter Holman, The Parley of Instruments(Period Instruments)Hyperion CDA66817 (1996)[Flac & Scans]
2022-11-16 05:20:00
La Traviata, San Francisco Opera
[…] the first act together as well). But the vocal acrobatics of the first act didn't come easily or naturally, and if you can't hit the optional Eb easily, why sing it at all? Yende's voice qua voice is a nice-sounding, but not very distinctive, lyric soprano. Her acting chops are for real, so I'd like to see her in different repertory.Simone Piazzola was adequate as Giorgio Germont; we've definitely heard better here, with Dmitri Hvrostovsky, Dwayne Croft, and Artur Ruczinski, among others, singing that role in the last 20 years. Piazzola has a sturdy but unvaried baritone with little vibrancy, and when he had to hold a note for more than a beat or two, he went noticeably off pitch. I vaguely thought that he spent a lot of Act II, scene 1 looking at the ground, or the prompter, or the conductor, anywhere but at Violetta and Alfredo, but I […]
2022-05-20 10:45:28
Magical places: Sam Cave's Refracted Resonance explores contemporary music for classical guitar
[…] piece; the description of it can sound rather complex, dry and academic but Cave brings a lovely freedom to it as well as a fine ear for the timbres and textures. We finish with Sam Cave's own piece, Refracted Meditations III, one of an unfinished suite of short meditative pieces for guitar, a gentle work which explores some of the ideas raised in the earlier pieces. Sam Cave (photos Saga Images, John Croft) This is a disc where composers take the contemporary guitar in a variety of directions, yet there are commonalities too and Cave brings these out. There is a wonderful ear for timbre here as well as the magical harmonies and harmonics, but perhaps Cave's greatest achievement is to make this complex and technically challenging music seem remarkably free and natural Tristan Murail (born 1947) - Tellur (1977) [10:05]George Holloway (born 1983) - Guitar Sonata […]
2022-02-05 15:34:05
Femi Elufowoju jr’s imaginative reinvention of Verdi's Rigoletto features some strong, compelling performances
[…] exemplary. Callum Thorpe’s Sparafucile was present for the opening scene, and Thorpe combined wonderful blackness of voice with threatening sense of stillness that compelled both ear and eye. As his sister, Alyona Abramova made Maddalena much more than a vamp, bringing out her youth. Ross McInroy was a charming, selfish Ceprano with Molly Barker as his delightful wife. Thmeba Mvulla was Marullo, the only other black man at court, and he was fatally plausible. Hazel Croft made Giovanna a real character, not a cipher and Helen Evora was poised as the (female) PA-like page. Campbell Russell was Borsa, Gordon D Shaw was bodyguard and usher. Verdi: Rigoletto - Eric Greene, Roman Arndt - Opera North (Photo Clive Barda) As I have said, the settings were stunning, though the abstract visuals for Rigoletto’s house (including a full-sized zebra) threated to over-dominate the action. But the final inn […]
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