Padmore is one of the most distinctive lyric singers on the contemporary scene — he has recorded a starkly lovely "Winterreise," with Paul Lewis at the piano, for the Harmonia Mundi label — but his sweet-toned, nuanced tenor often seemed lost in the melee, even with the use of amplification.
Padmore is one of the most distinctive lyric singers on the contemporary scene he has recorded a starkly lovely "Winterreise," with Paul Lewis at the piano, for the Harmonia Mundi label but his sweet-toned, nuanced tenor often seemed lost in the melee, even with the use of amplification.
Mr. Leisner and Mr. Müller proved exemplary, characterful collaborators throughout, the guitarist's playing rich and nuanced and the tenor's voice expressive and sounding more confident and committed as the program progressed.
Mr. Appleby sang with a nuanced, expressive and bright-hued tenor.
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I have encountered more nuanced dramatic interpretations from both the Swedish soprano and the American tenor.
The choral works benefited from the forceful, nuanced singing of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Voices; the vocal soloists (soprano Malin Christensson, alto Clara Mouriz, tenor Stuart Jackson and bass Benjamin Appl) had their own dicey 1808 moment in the Benedictus from the Mass in C, and elsewhere Mouriz and Appl outglowed their colleagues.
The four stylish players — Aaron Boyd, first violinist; Cyrus Beroukhim, second violinist; Maurycy Banaszek, violist; and Alberto Parrini, cellist — gave a nuanced performance, with the weeping cello melody in the third movement, like the aria of a lovesick tenor, vividly illuminated by Mr. Parrini's smooth, luxuriant tone.
Bernstein, who would have turned 90 last year, was remembered with four vocal selections from "West Side Story," including a beautifully nuanced reading of "Somewhere" by the soprano Amy Burton and a moving performance of "Tonight" by Ms. Burton and the tenor Vale Rideout.
In intense and physically tender portrayals, the robust, boyish baritone Lucas Meachem, as Oreste, and the ardent lyric tenor Paul Groves, as Pylade, suggest the romantic dimension of this devoted Greek friendship. Louis Langrée conducted a lithe and nuanced performance, though there is more tragic grandeur in Gluck's astonishing score than he conveyed here.
