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This 2023 Rubicon Classics release, which made classical best-seller charts in the autumn of that year, is an example of an album that accomplishes something slightly different from what it set out to do. Homelands, as the title suggests, centers on the very Romantic theme of exile, bringing together familiar examples of the genre by Schubert and Schumann as well as less common pieces by Henri Duparc and even a Korean art song composer, Dong-Soo Shin. The category is big enough to be rather nebulous, and although there is nothing wrong with the rather loose connection to the theme of some of these songs, there have been more cohesive programs. However, there is a second virtue to this album. It is one of those, not unprecedented but not so common, that offers a group of singers, with a veteran surrounded by newcomers whose careers will presumably benefit from the exposure. The veteran is tenor Ian Bostridge, who kicks off the proceedings with Mahler's gorgeous Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (a song about the desirability of exile rather than the opposite) but otherwise mostly cedes the stage. Those wishing a sampling of some up-and-coming art song performers should turn promptly to this release. To these ears, the biggest find is the rounded, relaxed bass of Wonsick Oh, heard in Schubert and Rachmaninov, as well as Dong-Soo Shin's Oh Mountain, sung in Korean. Hear his absolutely distinctive version of Schubert's Wanderers Nachtlied, D. 768. Others may be drawn to soprano Jennifer France in songs by Duparc (groups of songs by the same composer are given to the same singer) or baritone James Atkinson in romantic (and Romantic) readings of a group from Schumann's Liederkreis, Op. 39. Accompanist Aron Goldin, also a relative newcomer, devised the program and has a rare facility for setting the mood and parameters of a song with its piano introduction. Rubicon's church sound is murky, but this release is essential for close followers of the vocal scene and attractively varied for anyone.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Ian Bostridge, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Gustav Mahler, Composer - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Henri Duparc, Composer - Jennifer France, MainArtist - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Ian Bostridge, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Robert Schumann, Composer - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Ian Bostridge, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Robert Schumann, Composer - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Hugo Wolf, Composer - Jennifer France, MainArtist - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Franz Schubert, Composer - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist - Wonsick Oh, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Robert Schumann, Composer - James Atkinson, MainArtist - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Robert Schumann, Composer - James Atkinson, MainArtist - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist - Wonsick Oh, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Henri Duparc, Composer - Jennifer France, MainArtist - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Robert Schumann, Composer - James Atkinson, MainArtist - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Robert Schumann, Composer - James Atkinson, MainArtist - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Gesänge des Harfners aus Wilhelm Meister, D. 478 (Franz Schubert)
Ian Bostridge, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Franz Schubert, Composer - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Ian Bostridge, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Franz Schubert, Composer - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Ian Bostridge, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Franz Schubert, Composer - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist - Wonsick Oh, MainArtist - Dong-Soo Shin, Composer
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Ian Bostridge, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Robert Schumann, Composer - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Henri Duparc, Composer - Jennifer France, MainArtist - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Franz Schubert, Composer - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist - Wonsick Oh, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Robert Schumann, Composer - James Atkinson, MainArtist - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Robert Schumann, Composer - James Atkinson, MainArtist - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Robert Schumann, Composer - James Atkinson, MainArtist - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist - Wonsick Oh, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Jennifer France, MainArtist - Aron Goldin, Piano, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
Album review
This 2023 Rubicon Classics release, which made classical best-seller charts in the autumn of that year, is an example of an album that accomplishes something slightly different from what it set out to do. Homelands, as the title suggests, centers on the very Romantic theme of exile, bringing together familiar examples of the genre by Schubert and Schumann as well as less common pieces by Henri Duparc and even a Korean art song composer, Dong-Soo Shin. The category is big enough to be rather nebulous, and although there is nothing wrong with the rather loose connection to the theme of some of these songs, there have been more cohesive programs. However, there is a second virtue to this album. It is one of those, not unprecedented but not so common, that offers a group of singers, with a veteran surrounded by newcomers whose careers will presumably benefit from the exposure. The veteran is tenor Ian Bostridge, who kicks off the proceedings with Mahler's gorgeous Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (a song about the desirability of exile rather than the opposite) but otherwise mostly cedes the stage. Those wishing a sampling of some up-and-coming art song performers should turn promptly to this release. To these ears, the biggest find is the rounded, relaxed bass of Wonsick Oh, heard in Schubert and Rachmaninov, as well as Dong-Soo Shin's Oh Mountain, sung in Korean. Hear his absolutely distinctive version of Schubert's Wanderers Nachtlied, D. 768. Others may be drawn to soprano Jennifer France in songs by Duparc (groups of songs by the same composer are given to the same singer) or baritone James Atkinson in romantic (and Romantic) readings of a group from Schumann's Liederkreis, Op. 39. Accompanist Aron Goldin, also a relative newcomer, devised the program and has a rare facility for setting the mood and parameters of a song with its piano introduction. Rubicon's church sound is murky, but this release is essential for close followers of the vocal scene and attractively varied for anyone.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:12
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Aron Goldin Ian Bostridge Jennifer France Wonsick Oh James Atkinson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rubicon
- Genre: Classical Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Rocket Boots Enteratinment Ltd
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