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Track(s) taken from CDA67123

Sterne mit den gold'nen Füsschen, Op 4 No 1

composer
25 September 1874
author of text

Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Clifford Benson (piano)
Recording details: January 1999
Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: March 2000
Total duration: 2 minutes 27 seconds
 

Reviews

‘Sung with exceptional sensitivity and intelligence … a pleasure to listen to’ (Gramophone)

‘No praise can be too high for Stephen Varcoe … his warm, natural baritone, finely judged legato and sensitivity to words are a joy throughout’ (International Record Review)

‘A beautiful release’ (American Record Guide)

‘Warmly recommended’ (Classic CD)
Sterne mit den gold’nen Füsschen Op 4 No 1 reveals Stanford’s increasing deference to Brahms in its thorough working-out of the rising arpeggio figure at the opening, though the freer, more sinister closing gestures (‘war es der Geliebten Stimme, oder der Nachtigall?’) are more reminiscent of the Romantic effusions of Schumann.

from notes by Jeremy Dibble © 2000

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