Anja Harteros / Velery Gergiev - Wagner Berg MahlerCritics and audiences alike have nothing but rapturous praise for the voice of Anja Harteros. Some experts even regard her as the greatest female singer of the present day. With her broad palette of vocal colours, she is the ideal interpreter of Romantic songs for voice and orchestra. The fin de sicle atmosphere of Berg's Seven Early Songs, Wagner's Tristanesque conjuration of love in his Wesendonck Lieder and Mahler's focus on a world of private

Being the quiet type

as well as thirteen tasteful standards

"I wish I could tell my younger self 'you don't have tostick to the dreams people have for you

featuring songs written by Kris Kristofferson

Among the other standouts on O'Bryan's debut album we find the elegant ballad "Love Has Found It's Way" and the sentimental "Can't Live Without Your Love

1973 was another significant year in British pop

metacinematic journey that

At a time when virtually everything feels extreme

That he then also places a new work on the music stand for a premiere recording is almost a miracle

Gladys Knight And the Pips

There are many highlights on this recording

as well as a substantial essay by the organist which discusses the life and music of Van Noordt