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This release appeared in February of 2024, just in time for the spring gardening season of that year, and it will doubtless appear on many gift lists. Tenor Alessandro Fisher conceived the album during the COVID-19 pandemic, and listeners who have worked through the various heavy album concepts associated with that event may well be glad to have something more cheerful. These external considerations aside, although flowers are hardly a topic unknown in art song, Fisher has devised a novel program here. The highlight may be the Six Songs, Op. 88, of Sibelius, known as "Flower Songs," which Sibelius designated as a song cycle. These are from 1917, relatively late in Sibelius' career, and they condense his language and phrase structure down to miniature dimensions; in these, they are closer to orchestral language than to the composer's lighter theatrical language. They are, interestingly, in Swedish, and while this reviewer is not qualified to judge the idiomatic quality or lack thereof in that language, Fisher does generally well with the range of languages here, that includes English. He puts across charm and humor in that language, even in the encore from Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, and in general, he is careful not to stray from a light mood even as he delves into Mendelssohn and the Schumanns at the beginning. With Carlos Guastavino, he goes into popular territory, and the songs by composer Eduard Toldrà are also nice finds. There is enough here to interest both gardeners and their musical companions.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Franz Schubert, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Robert Schumann, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Clara Schumann, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Robert Schumann, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Jean Sibelius, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Jean Sibelius, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Jean Sibelius, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Jean Sibelius, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Jean Sibelius, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Jean Sibelius, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Ernest Chausson, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Francis Poulenc, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Eduard Toldrà, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Eduard Toldrà, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Eduard Toldrà, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Carlos Gustavino, Composer - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Carlos Gustavino, Composer - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Herbert Muriel, Composer
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Herbert Muriel, Composer
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Edward Elgar, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Haydn Wood, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Michael Flanders, Composer - Anna Tilbrook, Piano, MainArtist - Donald Swann, Composer - Alessandro Fisher, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
Album review
This release appeared in February of 2024, just in time for the spring gardening season of that year, and it will doubtless appear on many gift lists. Tenor Alessandro Fisher conceived the album during the COVID-19 pandemic, and listeners who have worked through the various heavy album concepts associated with that event may well be glad to have something more cheerful. These external considerations aside, although flowers are hardly a topic unknown in art song, Fisher has devised a novel program here. The highlight may be the Six Songs, Op. 88, of Sibelius, known as "Flower Songs," which Sibelius designated as a song cycle. These are from 1917, relatively late in Sibelius' career, and they condense his language and phrase structure down to miniature dimensions; in these, they are closer to orchestral language than to the composer's lighter theatrical language. They are, interestingly, in Swedish, and while this reviewer is not qualified to judge the idiomatic quality or lack thereof in that language, Fisher does generally well with the range of languages here, that includes English. He puts across charm and humor in that language, even in the encore from Michael Flanders and Donald Swann, and in general, he is careful not to stray from a light mood even as he delves into Mendelssohn and the Schumanns at the beginning. With Carlos Guastavino, he goes into popular territory, and the songs by composer Eduard Toldrà are also nice finds. There is enough here to interest both gardeners and their musical companions.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:37
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Alessandro Fisher Anna Tilbrook
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rubicon
- Genre: Classical Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder
2024 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2024 BBC
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