COMPOSERS: Schumann
LABELS: Warner
WORKS: Myrthen; Gedichte der Königen Maria Stuart
PERFORMER: Stutzmann (contralto), Dalberto (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 2564 68043-6
Michel Dalberto creates waves of rich, supportive playing for the resinous contralto of Nathalie Stutzmann. Her ‘Der Nussbaum’ is exquisitely shaped; and her Maria Stuart songs have a rare, dark containment about them. Hilary Finch