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Track(s) taken from CDA67337

The oxen

composer
1951
author of text

Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Recording details: March 2002
All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Julian Millard
Release date: February 2003
Total duration: 2 minutes 51 seconds
 

Reviews

‘Songs which gain in stature through being presented in sequence and superbly done’ (Gramophone)

‘Two superb voices alive to Gibbs’s many moods, while Roger Vignoles accompaniments are a model of sensitivity and understanding’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Geraldine McGreevy and Stephen Varcoe are persuasive advocates … Roger Vignoles is the ideal accompanist, adding to the atmosphere of each song’ (The Guardian)

‘Most of these songs I had not heard before, nor, I suspect, have most listeners. Hyperion must be thanked for making them available’ (International Record Review)

‘Lyrical, imaginative … Geraldine McGreevy’s soprano voice is sweet and pure’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘Stephen Varcoe sings with typical sensitivity … Roger Vignoles offers shapely, perfectly-scaled accompaniments’ (Yorkshire Post)

«Ces mélodies sont exquises sans être précieuses. La sensibilité est fine, l’expression nuancée mais sans artifice» (Monde de La Musique)
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