Sensitive artistry from Gerald Finley

By Dominic Lowe, 12 December 2016

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“a singer at the peak of vocal fitness”

Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 10 December 2016

Beethoven, Adelaïde, Op.46

Beethoven, In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133

Beethoven, La partenza, WoO 124

Beethoven, Der Kuss, Op.128

Liszt, 3 Sonetti del Petrarca, S 158

Respighi, Four Scottish Folksongs

Ravel, Chants populaires

Shostakovich, Six Romances on Verses by English Poets for bass and piano, Op.62

Tosti, Selected Songs

Sir Antonio Pappano, Piano

Gerald Finley, Baritone

Siegfried at the RBO: Kosky and Pappano surprise and delight

David Karlin, 17th March

A revelatory orchestral performance and a cast led by Andreas Schager, Christopher Maltman and Elisabeth Strid make this a Siegfried for the record books.

*****

Rare Vaughan Williams from Pappano and the LSO

Chris Garlick, 7th December

Tchaikovsky and Vaughan Williams make rare bedfellows, but Pappano's grip on these disparate scores impresses, with the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra on wondrous form.

****1

Chills and thrills from Pappano and the Czech Philharmonic

Frank Kuznik, 27th November

In expert hands, a terrifying 12-tone opera and a heroic piano concerto rattle the walls in Prague’s Rudolfinum.

*****

Sir Antonio Pappano returns to Santa Cecilia for Mozart and Bruckner

Pia Maltri, 30th October

Now Director Emeritus of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the rarely heard Mass in F minor by Anton Bruckner.

****1

Galloping demons: Pappano and the LSO in Shostakovich 10

Mark Valencia, 21st September

Sir Antonio Pappano the charioteer whips his forces to attack the fleeing Shostakovich in the Tenth Symphony at the Barbican.

*****

Victory Symphonies? Pappano and the LSO in Leningrad and Vienna

Roy Westbrook, 18th September

Prokofiev opens Seong-Jin Cho’s LSO Artist Portrait series, sandwiches between symphonies by Shostakovich and Beethoven.

****1

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Dominic Lowe

Dominic Lowe recently completed a degree in Classics, and one of his great interests is the reception of Greece and Rome in opera. A regular opera-goer since his very early teens, he is particularly keen on the hidden operatic gems of the 19th century. He is largely based in the South of England.

Sensitive artistry from Gerald Finley in recital with Antonio Pappano at the Barbican