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Remember Your Lovers
Songs by Tippett, Britten, Purcell & Pelham Humfrey
John Mark Ainsley & Iain Burnside
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"this inspirational recital by John Mark Ainsley and Iain
Burnside ... imaginatively conceived disc, wonderfully performed"
Evening Standard |
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"an excellent initiative ... This is a lovely CD
and shows Ainsley's vocal talents off well"
Musicweb |
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"wonderment ... you owe it to Ainsley for his quite marvellous singing
throughout the programme, and the supple matching accompaniments by Iain
Burnside" Hifi News |
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"Ainsley's voice is in prime form - it is effortless at the top of
his range, and the seamless shift from full voice to falsetto is magical
... A wonderful selection of poets, from Alun Lewis to the comical Mr
D'Urfey, makes this as valuable to connoisseurs of literature as of the
voice"
The Times Online |
Sir Michael Tippett's great masterpieces - Boyhood's End and The Heart's Assurance - are coupled here with some of his editions of songs by Henry Purcell, and Benjamin Britten's companion piece to Boyhood's End - Canticle 1. Superbly performed by John Mark Ainsley and Iain Burnside, an added treat is the performance of Tippett and Bergman's edition of Pelham Humfrey's setting of John Donne's A Hymn to God the Father.
John Mark Ainsley is one of the world's leading tenors. He has worked with the Berlin Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, and has appeared with the San Fransisco Opera, and as Der Daemon in the world premiere of Henze's L'Upupa.
Iain Burnside has performed with artists including Dame Margaret Price and Susan Chilcott. As a broadcaster he has recently won a Sony Radio Award.
Remember Your Lovers
Sir Michael Tippett
John Mark Ainsley Tenor
Iain Burnside Piano
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