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Alice Coote: "Songs" by Schumann and Mahler, cantata by Haydn.(Sound Recording Review)
Alice Coote: "SONGS" by Schumann and Mahler, cantata by Haydn. Drake, piano. No texts or translations. EMI Classics 7243 5 8559 29
EMI Classics's "Debut" series, a fine idea, has proved uneven in execution, so it's a pleasure to welcome this rewarding disc by Alice Coote. The gifted young English mezzo, seconded with consistent artistry and tonal beauty by Julius Drake, justifies her growing reputation (though comparisons to Ferrier and Baker seem more a matter of nationality than of vocal likeness). Coote does show a fine line in sensitive Mahler interpretation, programming here the Ruckertlieder and four Knaben Wunderhorn settings. "Um Mitternacht" seems a bit of a stretch tonally, but her German and her dramatic instincts are fine, the plangent accents apt, especially in a memorably rapturous "Urlicht."
Schumann's Frauenliebe und -leben is superb, with a tenderness and intimacy showcasing Coote's superbly focused attacks and lovely liquid tone quality in sustained passages. Admirable fleetness in several Schumann passages reflects the technical security and finesse that make her such a promising Handelian. Drake judges the postludes exquisitely; this version ranks with that by Bernarda Fink and Roger Vignoles (Harmonia Mundi HMC 901753) as the most satisfying of ...
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