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Bernarda Fink. (Recital).(Canciones Amatorias)(Sound Recording Review)
[] "CANCIONES AMATORIAS" Songs by Granados, Rodrigo, Nin, Guastavino and Ginastera. Vignoles, piano. Texts and translations. Hyperion CDA67186
As pianist Roger Vignoles quips in the liner notes, Spanish music is not all "fan-and-fandango"; he proves the point here, with Argentina-born mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink, in a recital of attractive and varied twentieth-century Spanish and South American music.
Fink is a suave, intelligent singer, with a huge following in Europe but very little presence in the U.S. It's a pity, because she is a first-rate recitalist, a master of several languages and styles and a committed and arresting performer. With a beautifully golden voice and plenty of range and emotional power, she commands the large line while painting leaps and passing notes delicately, and she always finishes off phrases with grace and subtlety.
Both artists present their credentials in the opening song, Enrique Granados's "Descubrase el pensamiento," on an anonymous text of secret, courtly love, with surprising twists of phrase and a startling, rangy, chromatic ...
- Bernarda Fink.(SCHUMANN: Frauenliebe und -leben; Lenau-Lieder; Songs)
- Magazine article from: Opera News Pines, Roger October 1, 2002 700+ words
...Lehmann and Ferrier to Ludwig, Baker and von Otter, Frauenliebe und -leben has never lacked excellent recordings, but Bernarda Fink's performance can stand beside the best. It takes just the exquisitely etched opening of "Seit ich ihn gesehen" to conclude...
- Handel: Poro.(Bernarda Fink, Fabio Biondi)
- Magazine article from: Opera News Camner, James September 1, 1995 700+ words
...fine work by its period orchestra under Fabio Biondi, plus an accomplished vocal ensemble led by the pure-toned soprano Bernarda Fink outstanding in "Chivive amante." Ezio, to another Metastasio text, deals with intrigues in imperial Rome between Emperor...
- Handel: Messiah.(Dorothea Roschmann, Susan Gritton, Bernarda Fink, Charles...
- Magazine article from: Opera News Luten, C.J. August 1, 1998 700+ words
...McCreesh uses the 1754 Foundling Hospital version, with a second soprano rather than an alto castrato.) Contralto Bernarda Fink is intense and expressive. Neal Davies, an admirably agile bass, also turns in very good work. Splendid engineering...
- Monteverdi: L'Orfeo.(Efrat Ben-Nun, Bernarda Fink, Jennifer Larmore, Laurence...
- Magazine article from: Opera News Kerschbaumer, Susan February 17, 1996 700+ words
...Messenger brings goosebumps, and her diction and dramatic sense place her among the highlights of this recording. Mezzo Bernarda Fink portrays Proserpina with a perfectly trained, slightly husky sound; her diminuendo at the end of each phrase suggests a...
- Handel: Giulio Cesare. (Barbara Schlick, Jennifer Larmore, Bernarda Fink,...
- Magazine article from: Opera News Luten, C.J. September 1, 1993 700+ words
...beauty, evenness and fullness of tone, her control in cantilena and virtuoso passages in this role. Almost as impressive are Barbara Schlick, the musical, agile and tasteful Cleopatra, and Bernarda Fink, the compelling, noble Cornelia.
- Rameau: Hippolyte er Aricie.(Veronique Gens, Therese Feighan, Bernarda Fink,...
- Magazine article from: Opera News Luten, C.J. September 1, 1996 700+ words
...The ensemble is beautifully prepared and stylish. The cast is strong and appealing, particularly on the distaff side -- Bernarda Fink (Phedre), Veronique Gens (Aricie), Therese Feighan (Diane) and Annick Massis singing Cupid, Matelote and the Shepherdess...
- Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria. (Lorraine Hunt, Bernarda Fink,...
- Magazine article from: Opera News Colton, Andrew October 1, 1993 700+ words
...wonderful in the title role. His singing has warmth and strength, and he projects Ulisse's nobility with every phrase. Bernarda Fink is also impressive as the long-suffering Penelope. She might have opted for more noble restraint, though her high-voltage...
- Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie.(Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Jean-Paul...
- Magazine article from: Early Music Sadler, Graham February 1, 1996 700+ words
By the time Hippolyte et Aricie was given its last revival in Rameau's lifetime, in 1757, it had rightly come to be seen as a landmark--the work that had launched the operatic career of a composer destined to supplant even Lully in public esteem and given a much needed boost to the French operatic
- Music: A Fink to a Flop.(Sound Recording Review)
- Magazine article from: National Review NORDLINGER, JAY April 7, 2003 700+ words
...Not long ago, Bernarda Fink appeared in New York...the nationality of Bernarda Fink. As her bio puts...Roger Vignoles. Canciones amatorias -- which comes on...matter how great. Bernarda Fink, a mezzo-soprano...
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- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Boyer, John November 1, 2002 700+ words
...Rodrigo, Ni Guastavino, Ginastera Bernarda Fink, mz; Roger Vignoles, p Hyperion...performer. Such is the case here. Bernarda Fink, an Argentine, treats us to a very...recording. In addition to the able Bernarda Fink, Hyperion completes the package with...
