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call to mind Mahler for some listeners, though Weinberg's voice is always very much his
own.

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Schubert: Schwanengesang

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Lars Vogt (piano)
The fact that this wonderful recording would be the German pianist's own swansong renders
an already deeply affecting interpretation almost unbearably poignant in places
(Ständchen and Der Doppelgänger in particular may prove a difficult listen in context) - but
there's joy and ebullience too, as Vogt conjures spring in especially vernal glory and bids a
smiling farewell to the pleasures of Die Stadt. His chemistry with Bostridge (in superb, virile
voice throughout) is writ large in every phrase - how grateful I am that such a special meeting
of musical minds was preserved on disc.

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The Playhouse Sessions

Barokksolistene, Bjarte Eike
I adored the first instalment of baroque songs and dances with a spit-and-sawdust twist from
these freewheeling Norwegian musicians, and its successor - focusing on the Restoration theatre