Malcolm Martineau reviews

The Dark Night Has Vanished

Catriona Morison (mezzo-soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) (Linn Records)
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Brahms • R Schumann: Lieder

Elīna Garanča (mezzo-soprano); Malcolm Martineau (piano) (DG)
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Mahler: Lieder (Erinnerung)

Christiane Karg (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) (Harmonia Mundi)
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El Nour (Fatma Said)

Fatma Said (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano), et al; (Warner Classics)
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Fauré: The Complete Songs, Vol. 3

Lorna Anderson, Isobel Buchanan, Janis Kelly, Louise Kemény, Sarah Connolly, Ann Murray, Iestyn Davies, John Chest, William Dazeley, Thomas Oliemans and Malcolm Martineau (Signum Classics)
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Decades – A Century of Song, Vol. 4

Anush Hovhannisyan (soprano), et al, Malcolm Martineau (piano) (VIVAT)
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Debussy Songs Vol. 4

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Florian Boesch sings lieder by Mahler and Schumann

From Schumann to Mahler is possibly not as large a step as it may look. The latter’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) stand in a direct line from Schubert through Schumann and more, with shared themes including journeying, lost love, and the solace – sometimes – of nature. 

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Fanny Mendelssohn's Complete Songs, Vol. 3, with Susana Gaspar and Kitty Whately

It’s time to stop pigeonholing Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn) as a female composer. Felix Mendelssohn’s older sister, who died tragically aged 42, was never demurely feminine, nor predictable – she was simply a genius. Singers, pianists, teachers – get hold of the scores you can find! Too much of her music is sitting unpublished in libraries, and I hope this recording helps change that.

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R Strauss

The enraptured unfurling of sound in Malcolm Martineau’s piano introduction creates dappled light for Christiane Karg’s long, warm-breathed phrasing in Das Rosenband, a radiant start to this recital. The Bavarian soprano is a delectably light, idiomatic Straussian, and the covered, pearly underside of her voice is the perfect instrument with which to recreate the secret moments and intimacy of the songs she has selected here.

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