Anna Leese
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Ned Rorem - On an echoing road
Duets, Trios and Quartets from Evidence of things not seen interspersed with songs
Anna Leese (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo), Andrew Staples (tenor), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Tim Mead (countertenor) & Alisdair Hogarth (piano / director)
Prince Consort
All five singers have clearly grasped the importance of Rorem's text-based conception of song, 'poetry as expressed through the voice' and they sing - albeit in resolutely English English which... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2010, Editor's Choice
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New Zealand Poets in Song
songs of Anthony Ritchie
Anna Leese (soprano), Matthew Leese (baritone), Tom McGrath (piano), Kate Hamilton (viola)
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Maconchy - The Sofa & The Departure
Nicholas Sharratt (tenor), Sarah Tynan (soprano), George von Bergen (baritone), Josephine Thorpe (mezzo-soprano), Alinka Kozari (soprano), Anna Leese (soprano), Patricia Orr (mezzo-soprano) & Patrick Ashcroft (tenor), Louise Poole (mezzo-soprano) & Håkon Vramsmo (baritone)
Independent...
Independent Opera's young singers do full justice to both works, with good diction and a real sense of ensemble performance, finely honed under Dominic Wheeler's incisive direction. There's... — More…
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Special offer. The Prince Consort: Other Love Songs
Songs by Brahms and Stephen Hough
The Prince Consort: Alisdair Hogarth (piano), Anna Leese (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Tim Mead (countertenor), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone) & Guest artists: Stephen Hough (piano), Philip Fowke (piano)
finely judged, delightfully youthful performances...Hough finds a language, a style, a startling response for the unique and elusive scent of each poem. There are solos and various pairings... — More…
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The A-Z of Mozart Opera
Rebecca Bottone, Klara Ek, Martene Grimson, Susan Gritton, Anna Leese (soprano), Cora Burggraaf (mezzo), Allan Clayton, Andrew Staples (tenor), Mark Stone (baritone), Matthew Rose (bass)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
performed with skill and grace under the able direction of Ian Page. — More…
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A Fantasy Idyll
Works by David Bowerman
Andrew Earis (organ), Alice Neary (cello), Benjamin Frith (piano), Ittai Shapira (violin), Jakob Fichert (piano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano), Adrian Woodward, Claire Helsdon, Katie Hodges (trumpets), Mark Wardell (organ), Anna Leese (mezzo-soprano), Stephen De Pledge (piano),...
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Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
Anna Leese (Angel Gabriel/The Blessed Virgin Mary), Louise Poole (Mary Magdalene), Andrew Staples (St John), Roderick Williams (Jesus), Colin Campbell (Peter), Robert Rice (Judas)
Canterbury Choral Society, Philharmonia Orchestra, Canterbury Cathedral Choristers, Richard Cooke
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Correctly pronounced though her Italian always is, it lacks any true Italianate flavour...On the upside, she possess impeccable intonation and her pure, true soprano moves around the notes with... — More…
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