Brilliant idea, coupling Dvorák's Cypresses, the song cycle, with Dvorák's Cypresses, the string quartet transcription. This way, the listener gets the full Cypresses treatment: melodies of unbearable tenderness set to harmonies of ineffable beauty in both their original intimately emotional vocal version and in their equally blissfully sentimental transcription. Tenor Timothy Robinson has an impiously ardent way with Dvorák's melodies and pianist Graham Johnson supplies his usual simple, subtle, and sublime accompaniment. ...
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Brilliant idea, coupling Dvorák's Cypresses, the song cycle, with Dvorák's Cypresses, the string quartet transcription. This way, the listener gets the full Cypresses treatment: melodies of unbearable tenderness set to harmonies of ineffable beauty in both their original intimately emotional vocal version and in their equally blissfully sentimental transcription. Tenor Timothy Robinson has an impiously ardent way with Dvorák's melodies and pianist Graham Johnson supplies his usual simple, subtle, and sublime accompaniment. The Delme Quartet has a passionately sensuous way with Dvorák's shapes and forms, and its re-creation of the Cypresses in chamber music form is in its way just as effective as the original.Somm's recordings are distinctly different. The Delme Quartet was recorded in Leiston Abbey, Suffolk, in 2002 and its acoustic is close, warm, and real. Robinson and Johnson were recorded in Champs Hill, West Sussex, in 2004 and their acoustic is thin, dry, and honest. ~ James Leonard, Rovi
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Add this copy of Cypresses Song Cycle to cart. $30.55, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Somm Recordings.
