Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]

Dvorak: Zigeunerlieder, Songs & Duets / Genia Kuhmeier, mezzo-soprano, Bernarda Fink, soprano, Christoph Berner, piano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-04-10

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Zigeunermelodien (7), Op. 55; Moravian Duets (Moravské dvojzpevy) (9) for soprano, alto & piano, B. 62 (Op. 32); Biblical Songs (Biblické písne) (10) for v...
Performers: Berner, Christoph; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Kuhmeier, Genia

In 2004, Bernarda Fink released a recording of Dvorák songs that created a genuine sensation, winning numerous awards including a Diapason de l'Année. Now, eight...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (04/2010)....continue...

50 Ans d'Existance - 300 ans de Musique Sacrée

7 CD / Cascavelle / 2011-08-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Missa de capella a 6 "In illo tempore"; Laetaniae della Beata Vergine, motet for 6 voices (from Messa a quatro voci, et Salmi), SV 204; Giacomo Carissimi: Jephte; Domenico Scarlat...
Performers: Brodard, Michel; Corboz, Philippe; Daniels, Charles; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Imboden, Stephan; Jaunin, Simon; Jochem, Arno; Lins-Reuber, Martina; Michael, Audrey; ...
Conductors: Corboz, Michel
Ensemble: Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; L'Arpa Festante

This 7-CD set offers a musical survey of the 50-year history of the Lausanne Vocal Ensemble and is offered as a tribute to its conductor,...continue...

Songs by Joseph Haydn / Lisa Milne, Bernarda Fink, John Mark Ainsley, Roger Vignoles

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-05-10

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Arianna a Naxos ("Teseo mio ben"), cantata for soprano & keyboard, H. 26b/2; Lieder für Clavier Book 2, H 26a; Auch die sprödeste der Schönen, song for voice & keyb...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Milne, Lisa; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"There can't be many more delightful ways of spending an hour than in the company of these songs" -International Record Review

"Another outstanding song issue from...continue...
Recording information: 11/02/1999/05/07/2001....continue...

Slovenija!

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-03-08

Works: Anton Lajovic: Mesec v izbi (My Fatherland), song for voice & piano; Kaj bi le gledal (Jamie, Come Try Me), song for voice & piano; Serenada (Serenade), song for voice & piano; Alojzij Gerzinic: Zalo...
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Fink, Marcos; Spiri, Anthony

Closely associated with the folklore of the Balkans, the musical tradition of Slovenia also has a Romantic branch born at the confluence of the Alps...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (10/2009)....continue...

Mahler: Symphony No. 2 / Jansons

3 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2011-01-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Merbeth, Ricarda
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss

Mariss Jansons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra continue their Mahler cycle with this set of the second and third symphonies. Jansons performed the works during...continue...
Recording information: Concertgebouw Amsterdam (2009-12-03_2009-12-04&2009-)....continue...

Kittel: Arias and Cantatas / René Jacobs

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-07-13

Works: Caspar Kittel: Aria 14, Ein ieglich Ding hat seine Zeit; Aria 8, Ihr schwarzen Augen, ihr; Aria 17, Als ich nechst war ausspazieret; Aria 3, Coridon, der gieng betrübet; Aria 23, Oime Amor, wie ...
Performers: Balestracci, Guido; Bereuter, Armin; Beyer, Amandine; Cremonesi, Attilio; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Lima, Juan-Sebastian; Nishiyama, Marie; Ovenden, Jeremy; Snell, Martin; Stojkovic, Joha...
Conductors: Jacobs, René

Recording information: Alte Kirche, Kanton Aargau, Suisse (07/1999); Künstlerhaus Boswil (07/1999)....continue...

Schumann: Lieder; Maria Stuart; Rückert-Lieder; Liederkreis

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-12-08

Works: Robert Schumann: 6 Lieder aus "Myrthen", Op. 25; Gedichte der Königin Maria Stuart (Mary Stuart Songs), for voice & piano, Op. 135; O Sonn', o Meer, o Rose!, song for voice & piano (Liebesfr&uum...
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Spiri, Anthony

"I would like to sing myself to death like a nightingale," wrote Schumann in 1840, revealing a sudden passion for the lied, a genre he...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (10/2008)....continue...

Mozart: Idomeneo / Jacobs, Fink, Croft, Rivenq, Im, et al

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-06-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
Performers: Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Im, Sunhae; Pendatchanska, Alexandrina; Rivenq, Nicolas; Tarver, Kenneth; Tittoto, Luca
Conductors: Jacobs, René

It is curious that, considering their revolutionary nature, Mozart's mature operas are bookended by two opera seria. Written when the composer was 24, 'Idomeneo' demonstrated...continue...

Haydn: Symphonies 91 & 92, etc / Jacobs, Fink, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-05-12

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 91 in E flat major, H 1 no 91; Berenice, che fai, H 24a no 10; Symphony no 92 in G major, H 1 no 92 "Oxford"
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Jacobs, René

BBC Music Magazine
Symphony No. 92... is one of his most dazzling symphonies... More mellow, and less well known, is the E flat Symphony No. 91......continue...

Bach: Solo Cantatas BWV 35, 169, 170 / Fink, Müllejans, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-02-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben" BWV 169; Cantata no 170, "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170; Cantata no 35, "Geist und Seele wird verwirret" B...
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Müllejans, Petra

"Beginning with an ebullient and colorfully scored Sinfonia (giving a prominent role to the organ), Bach's cantata BWV 169 sets the tone for this superb...continue...

Handel: Operas - Flavio, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo / René Jacobs, et al

10 CD / Harmonia Mundi Import / 2008-10-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Flavio, Rè di Longobardi, opera, HWV 16; Giulio Cesare; Tanti strali al sen mi scocci, duet for soprano, alto & continuo, HWV 197; Sento là che ristret...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Dumaux, Christophe; Fagotto, Gian Paolo; Figueiredo, Nicolau de; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Gall, Jeffrey; Genaux, Vivica; Hogman, Christina; Kalna, Inga; Lallouette, Oli...
Conductors: Jacobs, René;
Ensemble: ; Concerto Vocale

Schubert: Lieder / Bernarda Fink, Gerold Huber

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-09-09

Works: Franz Schubert: Die Götter Griechenlands, D 677; An die Musik, D 547; Ganymed, D 544/Op. 19 no 3; Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118; Wonne der Wehm...
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Huber, Gerold

"Without question--and among her several other strengths--mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink deserves a place among the top-tier interpreters of German song, and even though most of this...continue...

Bach: Mass in B minor / RIAS Kammerchor, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Goerne, Matthias; Martinpelto, Hillevi; Pregardien, Christoph; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Jacobs, René

In 1818, well before Bach's 'Mass in b-minor' was given its first complete performance, the Swiss music historian and publisher Hans Georg Nageli described it...continue...

Ses Plus Beaux Chefs-D'oeuvre

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2008-06-03

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Concerto for 2 Violins i...
Performers: Anderszewski, Piotr; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Busi, Marcello; Cole, Maggie; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Hantai, Jerome; Hantai, Marc; Holloway, Joh...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Rees, Jonathan; Huggett, Monica; Asperen, Bob van; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Herreweghe, Philippe; ; Nelson, John; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Corboz, Michel
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Melante Amsterdam; Scottish Ensemble; Sonnerie; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, etc / Fink, Vignoles

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-04-08

Works: Robert Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Mignon ("Kennst du das Land, wo die Zitronen blühn"), song for voice & piano (Lieder-Album für die J; Der Nussbaum ("Es grünet ein Nussb...
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Sunday Times
One of the loveliest accounts of Schumann's cycle on disc. [Fink] is outstanding, too, in the beautiful late Lenau settings, and there's supremely musical...continue...

Mozart: Così fan tutte / Jacobs, Concerto Köln, Gens, et al

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-12-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Boone, Marcel; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Güra, Werner; Gens, Véronique; Oddone, Graciela; Spagnoli, Pietro
Conductors: Jacobs, René

Universally acknowledged as an absolute triumph at the time of its original release, Rene Jacobs’ groundbreaking recording returns to the catalog in its standard packaging....continue...

Hasse: Salve regina / Reinhard Goebel, Musica Antiqua Köln

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Johann Adolf Hasse: Cleofide; Salve Regina, antiphon for alto & instruments, in A major; Sinfonia, for orchestra in F major, Op. 3/5 (Overture to "Asteria"); Motette "Chori angelici laetantes"; Fuga ...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Goebel, Reinhard
Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln

"During this visit, these young ladies were so obliging as to sing me a salve regina, lately set by their father, in duo. It is...continue...

Buxtehude: Complete Organ Works / Foccroulle

5 CD / Ricercar / 2007-09-01

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in D major, BuxWV 139; Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, BuxWV 185; Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BuxWV 150; Kommt her zu mir, spricht Gotte...
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Foccroulle, Bernard; Snellings, Dirk

Winner of a Diapason d’Or and a Choc du Monde la Musique. The greatest recording of the organ works of Buxtehude by specialist Bernard Foccroulle,...continue...

Mozart: La clemenza di Tito / Jacobs, Im, et al

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-09-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito
Performers: Chappuis, Marie-Claude; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Foresti, Sergio; Im, Sunhae; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Pendatchanska, Alexandrina
Conductors: Jacobs, René

'La clemenza di Tito', was Mozart's last opera, commissioned for the coronation of Emperor Leopold II, King of Bohemia. Early Mozart scholars claimed he wrote...continue...

Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie / Minkowski, Fouchécourt, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-09-12

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, tragédie lyrique
Performers: Coadou, Luc; Dyck, Stephan Van; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Gens, Veronique; Georgel, Jean-Louis; Hall, Meredith; Katz, Florence; Massis, Annick; Meunier, Jean-Louis...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Ensemble Sagittarius (Vocal/Instr. Ensemble); Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

"...I think that it will be difficult to better the Minkowski performance and would easily recommend it to anyone eager to become acquainted with a...continue...

Canciones Argentinas / Fink, Piazzini, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-05-09

Works: Carlos Guastavino: Encantamiento; Campanilla, adónde vas?, song for voice & piano; Pampamapa; Préstame tu pañuelito, for voice & piano (Canciones coloniales no 2); Las puertas de...
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Fink, Marcos; Piazzini, Carmen [Piano]

On this new CD, celebrated mezzo Bernarda Fink is joined by her brother, baritone Marcos Fink, and accompanied by Carmen Piazzini, a noted specialist in...continue...

Dvorák: Lieder / Fink, Vignoles

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2004-07-01

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Love Songs (Písne milostmé) (8) for voice & piano, B. 160 (Op. 83) (revision of Cypresses, B. 11); Songs from the Dvur Králové Manuscript (Pí...
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"Known above all as a lovely singer of Baroue and Classical repertoire, Bernarda Fink here ventures into what may seem like alien territory. But the...continue...

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Jacobs, Larmore, Schlick, et al

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Jacobs, Rene; Lallouette, Olivier; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rorholm, Marianne; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Visse, Dominique [Countertenor Vocal]; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Jacobs, René

"This set recommends itself as the most magnificently sung recording of a Handel opera ever made." -International Opera Collector...continue...

Gluck: Orfeo & Euridice / Jacobs, Fink, Cangemi, et al

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2001-12-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Kiehr, Maria Cristina [Soprano Vocal]

From a review in The Times of October 14, 2001, Hugh Canning wrote: "The Argentinean mezzo Bernarda Fink is an inspired choice as Orfeo, her...continue...

Handel: Giulio Cesare (Excerpts) / Jacobs, Larmore, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2001-06-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Jacobs, Rene; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rorholm, Marianne; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Jacobs, René

"If this isn't the greatest of all baroque operas, indeed the greatest opera before Mozart, then I really don't know what is. There have been...continue...

Handel: Rinaldo / Hogwood, Bartoli, Daniels, Fink, et al

3 CD / Decca / 2000-10-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Daniels, David; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Mehta, Bejun [Countertenor Vocal]; Orgonasova, Luba; P...
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)

"...Boasting a uniformly excellent cast--David Daniels on peak form as Rinaldo, Bartoli as an Almirena of vivid immediacy, a powerful Argante in Gerald Finley--and the...continue...

Mozart: Symphony no 38, etc / Fink, Zacharias, Lausanne CO

1 CD / MD&G / 2000-06-27

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 38 in D major, K 504 "Prague"; Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K 505; Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major, K 503
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Zacharias, Christian
Conductors: Zacharias, Christian
Ensemble: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Here Christian Zacharias successfully experiments with a nicely balanced Mozart group of symphony, aria and concerto. He himself takes multiple roles, conduc...continue...

Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri / John Eliot Gardiner

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-06-15

Works: Robert Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge IV (5), songs for voice & piano, Op. 96; Nachtlied, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 108; Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri), for soloists, chorus &...
Performers: Archer, Neill; Backes, Constanze; Bonney, Barbara; Coku, Alexandra; Dazeley, William; Deam, Donna; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Fuge, Katharine; Hauptm...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Hanover Boys Choir Members; Monteverdi Choir; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

"...[This] music is absolutely glorious - if you haven't heard it you don't know Schumann. Just about every number is a lyric gem: try the...continue...

Documenta - Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo / Jacobs

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1996-08-01

Works: Antonio Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo, oratorio
Performers: Dominguez, Rosa; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Kiehr, Maria Cristina [Soprano Vocal]; Messthaler, Ulrich; Scholl, Andreas; Türk, Gerd
Conductors: Jacobs, René

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Gardiner, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1996-06-11

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Clarkson, Julian; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Hanchard, Dana; Holman, Peter; Mann, Noel; McNair, Sylvia; Tu...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

"In the title role Sylvia McNair is quite simply sensational. Her come-to-bed voice-sexy and alluring-invokes a sultry Marilyn Monroe one moment, but encapsulates all the...continue...

Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria / René Jacobs

3 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1992-11-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Performers: Bovet, Martina; Congiu, Francesca; Durmuller, Jorg; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Hogman, Christina; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Jacobs, Rene; Lallouette, Olivier; McFadden, Claron; Mey, Guy de...
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Concerto Vocale

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Handel. Giulio Cesare. Concerto Koln, R.jacobs

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1991-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Lallouette, Olivier; Larmore, Jennifer; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rorholm, Marianne; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Visse, Dominique [Countertenor Vocal]; Zanasi, Fur...
Conductors: Jacobs, René

"An excellent cast in one of Handel's greatest operas." -BBC Music...continue...