Gerald Finley Archive
DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Mélisande – London Sym. Orch./ Simon Rattle – LSO Live
There aren’t that many readings of Pelléas on the market, so this surround version captures a lot of due attention! DEBUSSY: Pelléas et Mélisande – Christian Gerhaher (Pelléas)/ Magdalena Kožená (Mélisande)/ Bernarda Fink (Geneviève)/ Franz-Josef Selig (Arkel)/ Gerald Finley (Golaud)/ Elias Mädler (Yniold)/ Joshua Bloom ((Shepherd/Doctor)/ London Sym. Orch./ Simon Rattle – LSO Live multichannel […]
Jean SIBELIUS: “In the Stream of Life”, Songs – Gerald Finley (bass/bar) / Bergen Phil. Orch. / Edward Gardner – Chandos
“In the Stream of Life: Songs by Sibelius” – Gerald Finley, bass-baritone/Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Edward Gardner – Chandos SACD CHSA5178 [Distr. by Naxos], 78:40, (1/29/2017) [Track list follows] ****: Splendid performances of some lesser known works. Sibelius is not known very widely for his vocal music but what a rich and rewarding collection of his songs […]
FAURE: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine; Messe basse—Gerald Finley, bar./ Tom Pickard, treble/ Choir of King’s College, Cambridge; Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment/ Stephen Cleobury – King’s College
A reconstruction of the 1889 premiere for a liturgical setting.
SCHUBERT: Winterreise – Gerald Finley, bar./ Julius Drake, p. – Hyperion
What? Again? Yet another amazing Schubert Winterreise.
SCHUMANN: Liederkreis; Liederkreis; Sechs Gedichte aus dem Liederbuch eines Malers – Gerald Finley, bar./ Julius Drake, p. – Hyperion
Gerald Finley is rapidly becoming Hyperion’s house baritone, and here he turns his eyes towards Schumann’s greatest cycle, with pretty good success.