GRANDOS / RODRIGO / NIN / GUASTAVINO / GINASTERA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Canciones amatorias Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Jun/2002 ] 'Enthusiasts for song recitals should certainly investigate this disc, which offers one beautiful song after the other, running the gamut from elegant art songs to simple, folk-like tunes' (Fanfare) |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Lieder (Songs) Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 12/Jun/2015 ] "Songs and performances are good company, each with an element of novelty" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine July 2004 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphony No 1 (with Balakirev - Tamara) Mark Padmore, Sally Matthews, Kate Royal, Bernarda Fink, Andrew Staples / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Simon Rattle [ LSO Live SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] "this release completes a superb Rachmaninov symphony cycle…it's a taut, gripping account, Gergiev often pushing the accelerator harder than Mariss Jansons and Mikhail Pletnev" Gramophone |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schumann: Requiem fur Mignon / Nachtlied / Das Paradies und die Peri Barbara Boney, Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / 2 CD Box Set - released 18/Mar/2013 ] "...reinforced by exceptional vividness and clarity of recording - that makes this new release so arresting an addition to the catalogue which is already well-stocked with pleasurable versions." Gramophone |
BACH
Solo Cantatas Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano), Freiburger Barockorchester, dir. P. Müllejans [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] "Fink's velvet-timbred mezzo evokes to perfection the consoling sentiment of Bach's alto arias. Vergnügte Ruh has long been a favourite of star mezzos and countertenors, but Fink sings with an artless humility, with eloquent yet never overemphatic... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn 2032, Vol. 10: Les heures du jour (LP) Bernarda Fink (mezzo) / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini [ Alpha Classics / 2 LP - released 24/May/2024 ] The HAYDN2032 edition celebrates the release of the tenth volume in the complete recording of Haydn's 107 symphonies. Entitled 'The Times of Day', this programme is devoted to Symphonies nos. 6, 7 and 8, whose individual names translate as 'Morning',... |
SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS / WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert / Schumann / Brahms / Wagner: Les Filles Du Rhin / Rhinemaidens Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Anneke Scott, Joseph Walters, Olivier Picon, Chris Larkin (horns) Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] "The vocal ensemble Pygmalion, resident at the Opera de Bordeaux, are suitably seductive sirens - and even Bernarda Fink makes a cameo appearance in Schubert's D920 Grillparzer Ständchen, her serenading awash with fellow female songsters, and harp." |
JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: Schöpfungmesse / Harmoniemesse Christoph Prégardien, Ruth Ziesak, Susanna Spicer, Bernarda Fink / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / 2 CD - released 7/Oct/2002 ] Gramophone Magazine July 2002 - Editor's Choice |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (recorded in December, 1999) Claron McFadden, sop, Bernarda Fink, alto, Christoph Genz, tenor, Dietrich Henschel, bass / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloist, Eliot Gardiner [ EuroArts DVD / 2 DVD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] In the historic Weimar Herder Church Sir John Eliot Gardiner finds the perfect setting for his recording of the Bach Christmas Oratorio. Against the backdrop of the dramatic altar and Lucas Granach paintings, the Monteverdi Choir and the English... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler - Symphony No 3 Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Boys of the Breda Sacrament Choir & Rijnmond Boys' Choir, Mariss Jansons [ RCO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 25/Apr/2011 ] "the RCO brass and string majesty remains a thing of wonder. Bernarda Fink brings real gravitas and weight to the Nietzsche text and, with the finale on the horizon, Jansons keeps it simple: let the music do the work." (ClassicFM) |
VIVALDI / MONTEVERDI / FERRANDINI / CONTI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Virgin's Lament Bernarda Fink (mezzo) / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini [ Decca L'Oiseau Lyre / CD - released 13/Aug/2009 ] "Bernarda Fink sings it with an affecting mixture of restraint and passion. The instrumental pieces are done well, and this well planned disc is very desirable." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - September 2009 |
ANTONIO CALDARA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Caldara: Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo Maria Cristina Kiehr, Rosa Dominguez, Bernarda Fink, Andreas Scholl / Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra / RenAC Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 25/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (pre 1700) - "...among [the arias] is a hypnotic contralto solo, sung beautifully by Bernarda Fink...[and] two florid arias by the outstanding alto Andreas Scholl...René Jacobs has a well-nigh... |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Il ottavo libro de madrigali, 1638 'Madrigali guerrieri et amorosi' Salomé Haller, Maria Cristina Kiehr, Bernarda Fink, Marisa Martins, Christophe Laporte,Kobie Van Rensburg / Concerto Vocale, René Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi HMHeritage / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2016 ] Monteverdi was 71 when he published his Eighth Book of madrigals. This collection, a monumental work of remarkable beauty, is a synthesis of all Monteverdi's experience in the realm of secular music. It is the culmination of a genre, the Italian... |
Fink
IIUII (It Isn't Until It Is) (Indie Exclusive Double Gatefold LP) [ R'Coup'D / 2 LP - released 15/Oct/2021 ] IIUII (It Isn't Until It Is) is a unique take on the "best of" format - an acoustic album reimagining 12 key songs from the first ten years of Fin Greenall, aka Fink. "That whole arc, from my bedroom to having a proper hit, playing the big... |
HASSE
Sinfonias / Motette / Salve Regina / etc Barbara Bonney / Bernarda Fink / Musica Antiqua Koln / Goebel [ Archiv Al Fresco / CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] "First-rate sound, very clean and well balanced." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
J.S. BACH
Easter Cantatas BWV6 & BWV66 Bernarda Fink, Steve Davislim, Michael Chance, Mark Padmore / Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque, Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Players, John Eliot Gardiner |
Fink
Resurgam (Double LP) [ R'coup'd / 2 LP - released 15/Sep/2017 ] Resurgam is the hotly-anticipated sixth studio album from Fink (Fin Greenall, Tim Thornton and Guy Whittaker). Recorded with ground-breaking producer Flood (Foals, PJ Harvey, The Killers, U2 and Warpaint) at his Assault & Battery studios in North... |
RAMEAU
Hippolyte et Aricie (Complete opera) Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Veronique Gens, Bernarda Fink / Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv Opera! / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2012 ] "Phèdre was a breakthrough role for Bernarda Fink, who sings here with grave sensuality, supported by a characterful and largely Francophone cast." (BBC Music) |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Complete Symphonies and Das Paradies und die Peri Barbara Bonney, Alexandra Coku, Bernarda Fink, Neill Archer, etc / Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner [ Deutsche Grammophon / 5 CD Box Set - released 13/Sep/2012 ] In John Eliot Gardiner's epoch-making Schumann recordings for Archiv Produktion - all collected here, including his "wonderful" (BBC Music Magazine) reading of Das Paradies und die Peri - the composer's music is "brought to incomparable physical life... |
PERGOLESI
Stabat Mater / Salve Regina Anna Prohaska (soprano) / Bernarda Fink (mezzo) / Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin / Berhard Forck [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "The Akademie establishes the poignancy of atmosphere at the start, and all the performances are stylish and emotionally in keeping." (Daily Telegraph) |
Honegger,
Le Roi David Barbaux, Rappé, Fink, Prieur, Arnold, Augsburger Domsingknaben, Chor des BR; Mü. Rundfunkorchester, Hager [ ORFEO / CD - released 3/Dec/1991 ] |
MONTEVERDI
Madrigali Guerrieri Ed Amorosi Book 8 Bernarda Fink / Maria Cristina Kiehr / Concerto Vocale / Rena Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2002 ] 'This is early vocal chamber music at its most sophisticated.' (BBC Radio CD Review) |
RODRIGO / de FALLA / GRANADOS
Canciones españolas Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Anthony Spiri (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "Fink is one of the song repertoire's most complete polyglots...these performances are idiomatic and thrilling." (The Sunday Times) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Slovenija! - Slovenic Art Songs & Duets Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Anthony Spiri (piano [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] 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 and the Adriatic, between Austria and Italy. Bernarda and Marcos Fink (whose parents are Slovenian)... |
MAHLER
Bernarda Fink sings Mahler Lieder Bernarda Fink (mezzo) & Anthony Spiri (piano) / Gustav Mahler Ensemble & Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich, Andrés Orozco-Estrada [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 19/Jun/2014 ] An exciting exploration of the sources of Mahlerian inspiration. Can one really grasp the whole of Mahler's symphonic output without knowing his songs? Not only do they extensively irrigate the first four symphonies, often known as 'Wunderhorn... |
SCHUMANN
Lieder: Maria Stuart Op 135 / Liederkreis op 39 / etc Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Anthony Spirl (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Mar/2010 ] "The cycle fits Fink's grave, elegant voice ideally, while pianist Anthony Spiri gently highlights some of the stranger timbres. In the Rückert and Myrthen songs, "Jemand" and "O Sonn', o Meer, o Rose!" have extraordinary shimmer" Independent Jan 2010 |
GUASTAVINO / FLEURY / BUCHARDO / PIAZZOLLA / CARRILLO
Canciones Argentinas Bernarda Fink (mezzo) / Marcos Fink (baritone) / Carmen Piazzini (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] 'A devastating selection of Argentinian songs from Bernada and Marcos Fink' (BBC Music Magazine Choral/Song recording of the Month May 2006) |
MAHLER
Symphonies 1-10, Totenfeier & Das Lied von der Erde [11 Blu-ray set] Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) Ricarda Merbeth (soprano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Netherlands Radio Choir / Various conductors [ RCO Live Blu-ray / 11 Blu-ray Disc - released 15/Dec/2012 ] All full HD live recordings taken from the 2009-2011 Mahler celebration at Amsterdam Concertgebouw |
MAHLER
Symphonies 1-10, Totenfeier & Das Lied von der Erde [11 DVD set] Bernarda Fink (mezzo soprano) Ricarda Merbeth (soprano) / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Netherlands Radio Choir / Various conductors [ RCO Live DVD / 11 DVD - released 15/Dec/2012 ] All full HD live recordings taken from the 2009-2011 Mahler celebration at Amsterdam Concertgebouw |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Frauenliebe und Leben Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 20/Mar/2008 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (July 2002) |
WOLFGANG PUSCHNIG
Puschnig: For the Love of It Bernarda Fink / Wolfgang Puschnig / Mark Feldman / Mike Richmond [ Col Legno / CD - released 18/Sep/2017 ] Wolfgang Puschnig is one who has returned from faraway musical realms, and whose compositions take us into the borderlands: The instrumentation including flutes, violin, saxophone, double bass and voices bridges the gap between folk music and jazz,... |
BRAHMS
Lieder Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] "In heartbreak or happiness, this distinctive singer is a delight in Brahms...Harmonia Mundi's superb vocal recitals this month are totally different. And yet all are united by an emotional honesty on the part of the singer. Bernarda Fink's tone is... |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / SCHUBERT / SCHUMANN
"Romantic" (10 CD boxset) Brigitte Engerer, Bernarda Fink, Werner Güra, Philippe Herreweghe, Régis Pasquier, Roland Pidoux, Jean-Claude Pennetier, Alain Planès, and many more [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / 10 CD Box Set - released 25/Oct/2011 ] An amazing 10-CD bargain boxes from Harmonia Mundi of classic recordings from their catalogue. We know from experience that these will sell out quickly: incredible price, limited edition, while stocks last. |
SCHUMANN
Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3 [recorded in 2013] Christiane Karg, Mari Eriksmoen, Bernarda Fink, Andrew Staples, Christian Gerhaher / Chor & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Hardi [ BR Klassik / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Feb/2015 ] Ever since his debut in 2005 with Berg's "Wozzeck" (concertante) with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding has regularly attracted public attention with spectacular concerts. With the "Faust Scenes" by Robert Schumann -... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 Christine Schafer (sop) Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Kurt Streit (tenor) Gerald Finley (baritone) / Vienna Concentus Musicus / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Jul/2004 ] "Subtle realism imbues Harnoncourt's deeply considered second recording" Editor's Choice Gramophone July 2004 |
W.A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (Complete opera) Daniel Behle, Marcos Fink, Maris Peterson, Sunhae Im / RIAS-Kammerchor / Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "I suspect I shall reach for this new recording as often as any, for its bubbling, crackling theatricality and an eager, yet unforced, sense of fun." Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Opera |
W. A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (highlights) [with FREE Harmonia Mundi catalogue] Daniel Behle, Marcos Fink, Maris Petersen, Sunhae Im / RIAS-Kammerchor / Freiburger Barockorchester, Rene Jacobs [ Harmonia Mundi / CD/Book - released 15/Jan/2015 ] Now reissued with FREE Harmonia Mundi catalogue |
LIED
Lieder by Beethoven, Schubert, Korngold, Schumann, Beethoven, etc Dietrich Henschel (baritone) Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Werner Gura (baritone), various pianists [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Three major artists of the harmonia mundi label invite you to share in a moment of intimacy: the works of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms - but also Beethoven, Dvorák, and even Korngold in the twentieth century - are its finest jewels. |
Fink
Biscuits For Breakfast (LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 8/May/2006 ] "a brooding power reminiscent of a stripped down Nick Cave. A leftfield delight." - OBSERVER MUSIC MONTHLY "John Martyn with added digital traces… stunning." - UNCUT 4/5 "a brooding power reminiscent of a stripped down Nick Cave. A leftfield... |
Fink
Bloom Innocent [ R'COUP'D / CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Over the course of almost 20 years as a recording artist, Berlin-based musician Fink has plotted an eclectic and unconventional route through his hugely successful music career. He has produced, recorded and written for various multi-platinum selling... |