Reviews for
GMCD 7237 ROMANTIC SWISS SONG

BBC Music Magazine August 2002

Collcetion: Romantic Swiss Song

Works by Bosshart, Freund, Schoeck, Kletzki & Andreae
Louise Innes (mezzo-soprano), Peter Van Hulle (Tenor,) William Coleman (baritone), Edward Rushton (piano)
Guild GMCD 7237     53:42 mins… £££

 An offbeat collection of Lieder by Swiss-born or Swiss-domiciled composers whose idiom ranges from post-Schumann to post-Strauss. Most memorable are the six numbers by Paul Kletzki (more famous as a conductor), with their heavy-lidded chromaticism and hints of expressionist violence, and the virginally innocent songs of the young Othmar Schoeck. Elsewhere blandness and bombast can set in. Performances are acceptable, though the vibrant, expressive mezzo outshines her rather raw-toned male colleagues.                       Richard Wigmore

Performance: Three Star
Sound: Four Star                 

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