from Schubert: Schwanengesang; Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge (CDA68288) 1 Liebesbotschaft [3'07] 30 minutes 38 seconds 7 tracks2 Kriegers Ahnung [5'38] 3 Frühlingssehnsucht [3'28] 4 Ständchen [4'08] 5 Aufenthalt [3'26] 6 In der Ferne [6'11] 7 Abschied [4'40] ‘A richly satisfying, moving album … a very fine Schwanengesang indeed. The Vier ernste Gesänge are possibly even better: noble, refined, heartfelt, supremely moving and often beautiful in the ex ... ‘I approached this disc with keen anticipation; it was evident almost at once that I would not be disappointed … Gerald Finley’s imaginative, characterful and beautiful singing here compels the l ... ‘A potent disc, grandly sung, played, and recorded—and fully worthy of a spot in the pantheon with the likes of Hotter, Fischer-Dieskau, Goerne, and Quasthoff’ (The Arts Fuse, USA) |