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16 February 2022
ALBUM REVIEW
Bostridge attempts to loosen up on an
Italian holiday
Reviewed: Tormento d’amore by Ian Bostridge; Winterreise by Benjamin Appl
Geoff Brown
The tenor Ian Bostridge
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Ian Bostridge
Tormento d’amore
★★★☆☆
Benjamin Appl
Winterreise
★★★★☆
The booklet for our first album includes a small photo that should give music-lovers pause. Ian
Bostridge, the tenor, is walking down a Naples street dressed in a floppy hat, a loose shirt, shorts
and sandals. Why does this seem so incongruous? Because Bostridge’s voice doesn’t usually
