Julianne Banse (soprano) &
Aleksander Madzar (piano) A distinguished lunchtime recital by a singer who has given me pleasure on CD since hearing her live, duetting at Wigmore Hall some years back with her great teacher Brigitte Fassbaender at the latter's last London appearance before suddenly retiring (and leaving the Proms in the lurch!). My only reservation was that her diction sounded short on consonants from the back of the hall. Julianne Banse's Schubert recital in January had been marred by a headcold, but this week she was in fine voice, and supported by Aleksander Madzar, one of my favourite pianists currently before the public, who has been heard regularly at Blackheath in chamber music and as solo recitalist. Hear Banse with Madzar on BBC R3 Listen again for a week, a regular service for people not free to go to the Wigmore Hall or to their radios on Monday lunchtimes. Peter Grahame Woolf See recommended CDs: Credit: Wild & Team (Banse) |