Erin Morley: Golden Age Coloratura
“Of course I said yes! It was a no-brainer!” recalls a smiling Erin Morley when the luminous American soprano is asked to outline the genesis…
Browsing: Malcolm Martineau
Lebrecht Weekly | Maurice Ravel: Complete solo piano music (Chandos), Complete songs (Signum)
Both double-album titles left me feeling uncomfortable. Ravel is a miniaturist, a maker of exquisite small things that drop into your consciousness like olive oil…
Lebrecht Weekly | Fatma Said’s New Album of Lieder Everyone Will Rave About
The Egyptian soprano, based in London and Berlin, had a mix of western and Arabic classical songs on her debut album, illustrating musical connections around…
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel’s Songs Mature
Fanny Hensel, ‘the other Mendelssohn’: Complete Songs (Champs Hill) I’m uncomfortable with the album title. Rather than being ‘the other Mendelssohn’, Fanny was the heart…
