Published: 01 July 2012
Category: Vocal & Opera

South African baritone Jacques Imbrailo received glowing reviews for his performance of Carmina Burana last month with the New York Philharmonic under Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos:

“The performance really took off with Imbrailo’s solo, ‘Omnia sol temperat’, and he was equally impressive in the tavern scene, forcefully portraying the Abbot’s drunkenness and slumping into his seat as the tuba signaled the chorus’s final laughing outburst. Then, in ‘Dies, nox et omnia’, he showed off a sweetness of upper-register tone and rock-solid low notes, and his sustained notes in ‘Circa mea pectora’ were unwavering in intensity. Imbrailo’s performance ranks with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau’s on Eugen Jochum’s recording...”
David M. Rice, Classical Source, June 2012

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