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Track(s) taken from CDH55249

Persuasions not to Love

First line:
He that will not love
composer
1638; Dramatic miniature
author of text

Robin Blaze (countertenor), Elizabeth Kenny (lute)
Recording details: April 1999
All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: January 2000
Total duration: 0 minutes 52 seconds

Cover artwork: Home Once More (detail). William Jabez Muckley (1837-1905)
Sotheby’s Picture Library
 

Reviews

‘Can be recommended without reservation … the wonderful 'By beauteous softness’, from Queen Mary’s Birthday Ode of 1689, given this performance, I could quite easily listen to for ever … there’s a remarkable technical ease and innate literary intelligence about Blaze’s singing which together with the astounding beauty of his voice makes this one of the most outstanding recitals of its kind on disc … wonderfully performed … among the new generation of countertenors, Robin Blaze is the genuine article. Blaze [has] poised intensity, unswerving intelligence and sensitivity to the sheer, melting beauty of his instrument’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Robin Blaze has the versatility and range of nuances needed to encompass such an eclectic repertoire and the precision of focus in his limpid countertenor makes even a trifle like The delights of the bottle an invigorating experience … an enterprising recital disc’ (International Record Review)

‘I so admire Robin Blaze. He possesses an entirely natural sounding instrument, a polished technique, a subtle refined musicianship. Here, with his delicately soft timbres, he draws us into the world of each piece … the most delightful and intoxicating experience … I was entranced’ (Gramophone Early Music)
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