Schumann, Robert > Drake, Julius [Piano]

Schumann: Liederkreis, Opp. 24 & 39 / Gerald finley, baritone; Julius Drake, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-10-09

Works: Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39; Songs (6) (Reinick) for voice & piano, Op. 36; Liederkreis, 9 songs for voice & piano, Op. 24
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]

Gerald Finley and Julius Drake return to Schumann, following a magisterially intense Dichterliebe which won them a third Gramophone award. Here they focus on the...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (2011-11-02_2011-11-04&2012-)....continue...

The Ballad Singer / Gerald Finley, tenor / Julius Drake, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, Op. 75; Carl Loewe: Edward, for voice & piano, Op. 1/1; Die wandelnde Glocke, for voice & piano, Op. 20/3; Franz Schubert: An d...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]

This latest release from the award-winning partnership of Gerald Finley and Julius Drake features the ballad - a literary and musical form that inspired the...continue...
Recording information: All Saints, Durham Road, East Finchley, London, England (02/01/2010-02/03/2010)....continue...

Songs Without Words - Grieg, Brahms, Chabrier, Faure / Julius Drake

1 CD / ATMA / 2011-03-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Album für die Jugend, Op. 68; Kinderszenen no 12 ("Kind im Einschlummern"), for piano, Op. 15/12; Johannes Brahms: Intermezzi (3) for Piano, Op. 117; Felix Mendelssohn: Song Wit...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]

Renowned as one of the best accompanists working today, British pianist Julius Drake has chosen the ATMA label to record his first solo CD, Songs...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London, England (12/06/2008-12/08/2008)....continue...

Schumann: Frauenliebe und leben, etc; Brahms: Songs Op. 57 / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Julius Drake

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2008-11-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 106; Robert Schumann: Lieder aus Wilhelm Meister, Op. 98a; Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Claude Debussy: Fantoches; George Frederick Handel: Theodora
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine

"The stillness achieved in the song which deals with the coming of the couple's child, 'Sußer Freund', is spellbinding, and the profundity of the expression...continue...

Lieder Recital - Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Strauss / Berg, Drake

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-09-30

Works: Franz Schubert: Im Abendrot, D 799; Der Strom, D 560; Das Abendrot, D 627/Op. 173 no 6; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Der Tod und das Mädchen, D 531/Op. 7 no 3; An den Frühling, D...
Performers: Berg, Nathan [Saxophone]; Drake, Julius [Piano]

Juno Award-winning ensemble Les Violons du Roy reveals its astonishing breadth with a new CD release, 'Bartok', under the baton of Associate Conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni....continue...

Schumann: Dichterliebe & other Heine Settings / Gerald Finley, Julius Drake

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-09-09

Works: Robert Schumann: Romances and Ballades iv, Op. 64; Romances and Ballades ii, Op. 49; Romances and Ballades i, Op. 45; Romances and Ballades iii, Op. 53; Belsatzar, Op. 57; Lieder (6), Op. 33; Was wil...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]

"...baritone Gerald Finley and pianist Julius Drake constitute something of a dream team. And this new recording of 'Dichterliebe', coupled with a selection of Schumann's...continue...

Schumann: Liederkreis, Dichterliebe, etc / Bostridge, Drake

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1998-03-10

Works: Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, 9 songs for voice & piano, Op. 24; Belsatzar, Op. 57; Romanzen und Balladen I, 3 songs for voice & piano, Op. 45; Romances and Ballades ii, Op. 49; Lieder und Gesän...
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Drake, Julius [Piano]

"It would be difficult to overpraise this issue given its manifold revelations concerning the setting of Heine's poetry by Schumann. Bostridge makes on think anew...continue...