Page 294 - Media Coverage Book - 75th Aldeburgh Festival 2024
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29 June 2024
Expressionism and rigour: soprano Claire Booth on
recording Pierrot Lunaire and the importance of exploring
Schoenberg's songs
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Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire - Claire Booth & Nash Ensemble at Aldeburgh Festival, 2024 (Photo:
Marcus Roth (c) Britten Pears Arts)
Soprano Claire Booth and pianist Christopher Glynn have
previous when it comes to focusing on composers whose
songs deserve to be better known. Recent forays into this
repertoire have led them to deep dives into songs by Percy
Grainger, Folk Music, Edvard Grieg, Lyric Music, and Modest
Mussorgsky, Unorthodox Music. Now they are repeating this
with Expressionist Music on Orchid Classics, a disc that
