"She's more vocally demonstrative than some, colouring each word individually: when in Dowland's Flow, My Tears she sings of fear, and grief, and pain, we're left in no doubt that these are three different but equally terrible emotions. And yet she, Nordberg and Brinkmann hold all this in balance, maintaining a persuasive sense of line and focus so that the expressivity registers not as indulgence but as communication."
"John Dowland died 400 years ago this year, and we'll be lucky indeed if there are many other tributes as captivating as this one from the mezzo-soprano Ruby Hughes, lutenist Jonas Nordberg and viola da gamba player Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann. The music is by no means all Dowland in fact, the recording takes its title from a song by Purcell, and"
Ruby Hughes, Jonas Nordberg and Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann perform a recording rooted in Elizabethan melancholy associated with John Dowland while including Purcell, Britten and recent composers. The title comes from a Purcell song and a standout track is Britten's setting of the Corpus Christi Carol. Hughes's voice combines natural quality and refinement, recorded closely enough for intimacy yet with spatial clarity. She emphasizes individual words and distinguishes nuanced emotions in 'Flow, My Tears.' The trio maintain balance, persuasive line and focus so that expressivity functions as communication rather than indulgence. The program ends with four new or recent compositions set to Shakespearean lyrics.
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