Presto Recording of the Week
24th July 2020

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Antonio Pappano (piano), Vilde Frang (violin), Nicolas Altstaedt (cello)

Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved), Op. 98
Beethoven: Adelaide, Op. 46
Beethoven: Sehnsucht (Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt), WoO 134
Beethoven: Aus Goethes Faust
Beethoven: Zärtliche Liebe 'Ich liebe dich', WoO 123
Beethoven: In questa tomba oscura, WoO.133
Beethoven: Maigesang, Op. 52 No. 4
Beethoven: Andenken, WoO 136
Beethoven: Resignation, WoO 149
Beethoven: Irish Songs (12), WoO 154, IV. The Pulse of an Irishman & V. "Oh! Who, my dear Dermot"
Beethoven: O Mary, ye's be clad in silk, WoO 158b No. 6
Beethoven: The Parting Kiss
Beethoven: The Lovely Lass of Inverness, Op. 108 No. 8
Beethoven: Irish Songs (25), WoO 152, No. 1, The Return to Ulster & No. 8, "Come draw we round a cheerful ring"
Beethoven: Sunset, Op. 108 No. 2

"There’s a special alchemy at work in Bostridge's partnership with Pappano, and the opening account of An die ferne Geliebte is a fine example of how these two very different artistic temperaments complement one another...Frang and Altstaedt fiddle up a storm in the ebullient ‘The Pulse of an Irishman’ and ‘Come draw we round a cheerful ring’, with plenty of grit and pitch-bending banishing any hint of the polite ambience of the concert-hall." - Katherine Cooper, Presto Classical, 24th July 2020.
Beethoven: Marmotte, Op. 52 No. 7