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Violet. |
"...it’s always a treat to hear Renard, and this particular rendition of it was brilliantly brisk, Knussen barely giving the music even a moment to draw breath….Of the four additional voices, tenors Tom Raskin and Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks, in the roles of the cock and the fox, were really outstanding, luxuriating in the macabre events of the story.”
Stravinsky Renard with Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, November 2015 Gerontius 2016
Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks brought to the tenor part not only a beautiful voice but power, emotion and insight. Commercial recordings always feature world-famous tenors singing with great conductors: I have on disc names like Heddle Nash, Nicolai Gedda, and Richard Lewis; but at no point was I disappointed by Andrew’s assumption of the role. The high spots (Sanctus Fortis, Take Me Away) rang magically round the handsome church, |
Cosi fan Tutte (with Simon Keenlyside, Glyndebourne 1996)
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