STRAUSS: THE COMPLETE SONGS
VOL.I Hyperion CDA67488
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Excerpts:
'Befreit'
'Wiegenlied'
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Christine Brewer soprano
“This is a major release by major artists, and it is a worthy opening to a major series of recordings.”
Music Web International, May 2005
“At all times Brewer and Vignoles work together hand in glove … This is a properly equal partnership that bodes very well indeed for this admirable project. Brewer and Vignoles set high standards for anyone who would record Strauss now and for future collaborations on Hyperion too!”
International Record Review
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VOL.II Hyperion CDA67588
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Excerpts:
'Waldseligkeit'
'Ach, was Kummer, Qual und Schmerzen'
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Anne Schwanewilms soprano
“Roger Vignoles is here the unifying force of the project as accompanist and literary authority.”
Richard Nicholson, Classical Source, April 2007
“This fine CD is a worthy successor to Volume One in the series and an essential purchase for all lovers of Strauss lieder”
MusicWeb 'Recording of the Month', July 2007
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VOL.III Hyperion CDA67602
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Excerpts:
'Ständchen'
'Ach weh mir, unglückhaftem Mann'
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Andrew Kennedy tenor
“Vignoles’s playing continues to achieve a maximum of freshness and invention and a chameleon-like closeness to his singer’s tone and line. In the meantime, a lot of work and study has gone into this disc and the readings attain a consistently high standard of beautiful music-making.”
Gramophone, July 2008
“Roger Vignoles’s playing is as colourful and eloquent as his booklet notes.”
Daily Telegraph, March 2008
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VOL.IV Hyperion CDA67667
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Excerpts:
'Lied des Steinklopfers'
'Am Ufer'
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Christopher Maltman baritone
Alastair Miles bass
“Roger Vignoles captures well the expansiveness and generosity of the writing for piano. He is also a sensitive accompanist in songs where the piano part is relatively simple.”
Gramophone, June 2009
“Roger Vignoles can do no wrong in my book, his playing as adept and fresh as ever, strolling through his prime”
Audiphile Audition, June 2009
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VOL.V Hyperion CDA67746
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Excerpts:
'Frühlingsgedränge'
'Amor'
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Kiera Duffy soprano
“Vignoles, the Strauss pianist par excellence.”
The Guardian, November 2011 |
WOLF / STRAUSS SONGS
Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE0040
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Excerpts:
'Meinem Kinde'
'Muttertändelei'
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Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano
“Kirchschlager and Roger Vignoles are a real team in Heimliche Aufforderung. (No ‘accompaniment’ here)... It is admirable of these artists to leave the audience with an ambiguous, unfulfilled song, and it is provocative to think about how different the song would have been if Strauss had set the same poem... The famous Strauss song Morgen! is often done in a tentative, pastel manner, but here Vignoles’s generously rolled chords offer encouragement to the singer, not reticence.”
Opera News, November 2011
“Vignoles is on tiptop form throughout.”
International Record Review, November 2010
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