GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Earth and Air and Rain / To a Poet / By Footpath and Stile Iain Burnside / Roderick Williams / Sacconi Quartet [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 15 / CD - released 3/Aug/2006 ] "Roderick Williams is a national treasure. Not only is he an intensely musical singer, acutely responsive to the sound and meaning of words, but also his approach to the English Romantic song repertoire is - much over used word, but I can't see any... |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Young Man's Exhortation (A) / Till Earth Outwears / Oh Fair to See (English Song, Vol. 16) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) / Iain Burnside (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Jul/2007 ] "For lovers of English song, this is an indispensable disc, especially with this thoughtfully compiled programme." (MusicWeb Feb 2008) |
EDMUND RUBBRA
Songs by Edmund Rubbra Lucy Crowe (soprano) Claire Barnett-Jones (mezzo) Marcus Farnsworth (baritone) Timothy Ridout (viola) Catrin Finch (harp) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 24/Mar/2023 ] Whilst the English composer Edmund Rubbra is best known for his symphonic output, he composed a good deal of vocal music, and wrote songs throughout his compositional life. Rubbra studied with Cyril Scott and Gustav Holst, and was a great friend of... |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: I Said to Love / Let Us Garlands Bring / Before and After Summer Roderick Williams (baritone) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 12 / CD - released 14/Jun/2005 ] "A lovely rich, velvety tone, gorgeous in the lower register, great sensitivity to both text and music, enunciation excellent, and good pacing. Strongly recommended ... " (MusicWeb July 2005) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Schwanengesang (with Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op.98) Roderick Williams (baritone) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "Williams sings German as a non-native speaker in the best sense, harnessing the words with a sense of discovery of how much closer they bring him to the archetypes within the various verses" Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2020 |
JOHN IRELAND
Songs (Incls 'Five Poems by Thomas Hardy') Roderick Williams (Baritone) / Iain Burnside (Piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 18 / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "Roderick Williams is such a good singer he can make the voice part sound vocal and natural in a way not many have succeeded in doing. …the pianist, Iain Burnside, plays with a sureness of touch to match the highly skilled naturalness of Williams's... |
SCHUMANN / KILPINEN / BRAHMS
Nature's Solace Stephan Loges (bass-baritone), Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 23/Nov/2018 ] Bass-baritone Stephan Loges is accompanied by Iain Burnside in a collection that explores concepts of lost youth, the transience of life and the comforting presence of nature. The programme features performances of Schumann's 12 Gedichte Op. 35 and... |
R.L. Burnside
R.L. Burnside's First Recordings (Vinyl) [ Fat Possum Records / LP - released 13/May/2008 ] |
RL Burnside
Too Bad Jim (LP) [ LP - released 6/Jul/2011 ] |
GURNEY / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Ludlow and Teme / On Wenlock Edge Adrain Thompson (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Iain Burnside (piano) / The Delme String Quartet [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 26/Jan/2005 ] 'I recommend this record to every serious collector of songs' (American Record Guide) |
FAURE
Fauré Mélodies Ailish Tynan (soprano) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Opus Arte / CD - released 15/Jan/2014 ] The mélodies of Gabriel Fauré lie at the heart of his romantic but elusive style, and this selection ranges from the composer's youthful embrace of Italian style to late and quietly innovative settings of Verlaine. |
TRADITIONAL
An Irish Songbook Ailish Tynan (soprano) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "The disc is full of interest. There are lovely, unknown tunes, seductively sung and hauntingly harmonised. It has pathos and wild joy in equal measure. An excellent recital." (Classic FM) |
HERBERT HUGHES
A Purse of Gold: Irish Songs by Herbert Hughes Ailish Tynan (soprano) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum Classics / CD - released 30/Nov/2007 ] "I cannot imagine a more welcome present than this for any lover of song." (MusicWeb Jan 2008) |
FREDERIC MOMPOU
Spanish Songs Roger Padullés (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Opus Arte Rosenblatt Recitals / CD - released 20/Nov/2014 ] The Catalan tenor presents a studio recording entirely devoted to the beautiful songs of his great Catalan-Spanish compatriot, Federico Mompou (1893-1987). Though Mompou's fame rests largely on his solo piano works, his many songs comprise the other... |
IAN VENABLES
On the Wings of Love / Venetian Songs Andrew Kennedy (tenor) / Richard Hosford (clarinet) / Iain Burnside (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 21 / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "[Venables] manages to create worthwhile new artefacts within his conservative idiom. Expertly crafted, the results offer something genuinely personal and at times profound." (BBC Music Choral & Song Choice - December 2010) |
DEBUSSY / RAVEL / FAURE / WARLOCK / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / MOZART
Insomnia: A nocturnal voyage in song William Berger (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 30/Jul/2012 ] "Berger has a warm, resonant baritone and an hour spent in its company is a pleasurable experience … the partnership between Berger and Iain Burnside yields some fine performances" Gramophone |
MARTIN SHAW
Shaw: Songs - The Airmen Sophie Bevan (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 6/Feb/2012 ] "This attractive selection benefits from having three excellent singers, all with good diction. With persuasive performances like these it looks as if there's a case for making room for another English song composer." Gramophone |
Burnside/Tynan/Bickley/Dazely
Parry: From A City Window (Voc [ Delphian / CD - released 14/Jan/2013 ] |
TRIMBLE / HARTY / FERGUSON / WOOD
Calen-O: Songs from the North Of Ireland Carolyn Dobbin (mezzo-soprano), Iain Burnside (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 16/Mar/2018 ] A passionate advocate for the art music of her native Northern Ireland, mezzo-soprano Carolyn Dobbin has put together this programme that attests to a rich - yet little known - tradition. Who knew that doyen of Anglican church music Charles Wood was... |
Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm
2 Man Wrecking Crew [ CD - released 4/Nov/2008 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Shadow Side - Contemporary Song From Scotland Irene Drummond / Iain Burnside [ Delphian / CD - released 27/Jun/2011 ] |
BELLINI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / VERDI
Amore e Morte Ekaterina Siurina & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Opus Arte / CD - released 15/Jan/2014 ] [Siurina's singing] has purity of tone, directness of line, and a naturalness of expression sufficient to all the material she espouses here...This is a most sympathetically performed selection of Italian songs, full of range and sensitivity. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Britten: Michelangelo Sonnets & Liszt: Petrarch Sonnets Francesco Meli (tenor) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Opus Arte / CD - released 15/Jan/2014 ] Francesco Meli is acclaimed for his mellifluous tenor in the French and Italian bel canto repertoire celebrated on this recital disc with songs and arias from Rossini to Massenet. Complementing these are song cycles by Liszt and Britten setting poems... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / GURNEY
The Sons of the Morning Iain Burnside (piano) [ Albion / CD - released 3/Sep/2012 ] Award winning piano accompanist, Iain Burnside makes his first full solo recording with this disc of rare repertoire. |
BEETHOVEN
Lieder und Gesange John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Jul/2009 ] "...well worth hearing, especially in committed, sensitive performances such as these. Excellent sound and booklet notes complete the attractions of this welcome disc." (MusicWeb June 2009) |
TIPPETT / BRITTEN / PURCELL / HUMFREY
Remember Your Lovers John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 2/Feb/2006 ] "A spendid book-end to close Tippett Year, imaginatively planned and beautifully performed by Ainsley and Burnside." Editor's Choice Gramophone January 2006 |
Lisa Milne, Roderick Williams with Iain Burnside (piano)
Moonstruck: Songs of FG Scott [ Signum / CD - released 16/May/2007 ] "Here's an important discovery ailing from the Scottish Borders...a compelling collection that reveals FG Scott as poetic yet clear-eyed and, above all, songful." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine August 2007 |
Lisa Milne-soprano; Susan Bickley-mezzo soprano; Iain Burnside-piano
Voices Vol 2: Half Close Your Eyes-Songs by Debussy (plus Charpentier, Honegger, Delius, Vaughan Williams, etc) [ Black Box / CD - released 15/Oct/2003 ] "A brilliantly conceived, quite deliciously executed collection of settings of poems by Paul Verlaine." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Aug 2003) |
SCHUMANN / MENDELSSOHN / CORNELIUS
Duet Lucy Crowe (soprano), William Berger (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 19/Feb/2016 ] Duet singing reached its zenith in the Victorian age, and has since fallen out of fashion. Did artists become concerned with grander solo projects? Did audiences think duets too lowbrow? William Berger follows up his acclaimed Delphian debut recital... |
PATRICK HADLEY
Stars of the Night: Songs and violin works Matthew Trusler (violin) Roland Wood (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Albion / Launch Music / CD - released 20/Nov/2014 ] "Wood is a fine musical story-teller, articulating words and melodies with equal sensitivity and care...The melodic architecture emerges clearly in Matthew Trusler's vital performance...Once again, Albion Records has given us a treasure trove of a di |
LISZT
Liszt Abroad Rebecca Evans (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Matthew Rose (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "The singing too is exemplary, with Rebecca Evans's floated high notes things of exquisite beauty." BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009 ***** |
RL Burnside
A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey (LP) [ Fat Possum / LP - released 18/Jun/1996 ] The Fat Possum reissue of 'A Ass Pocket of Whiskey' is a collaborative album by the Mississippi hill country bluesman Burnside and punk blues band Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. This was originally released on Matador Records in 1996. |
R.L. Burnside
A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey [ Fat Possum / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] Originally released on Matador Records in 1996, this hard-to-find release is the title that brought R.L. wider alternative crossover appeal, as it was recorded with Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. |
R.L. Burnside
Burnside On Burnside [ Epitaph Records / CD - released 1/Nov/2001 ] The brilliant blues living legend recorded live on sold out tour, 2000... |
RL Burnside
Come On In [ Fat Possum / CD - released 14/Mar/2014 ] |
R.L. Burnside
Come On In [ Fat Possum / Epitaph Records / CD - released 25/Aug/1998 ] |
RL Burnside
Come On In (LP) [ Fat Possum Records / LP - released 14/Mar/2014 ] "You have to give a guy credit for trying. In an age when most of the old blues players are either dead or too old to play, R.L. Burnside, the 71-year-old Mississippi native, can still rip dirty juke-joint blues in convincing fashion. Come On In... |
GERALD FINZI
A Finzi Anthology Robert Plane (clarinet), Tim Hugh (cello), Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), James Gilchrist (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) [ Naxos / 8 CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] More than any other composer, Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) has come to embody the lyrical pastoralism so associated with English twentieth-century music. This anthology includes eight critically acclaimed recordings of Finzi's works. The themes of... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin Roderick Williams (baritone) Iian Burnside (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] In this, the first of a series of three recordings of Schubert's great song cycles for Chandos, Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside bring their formidable talents to bear on one of the pinnacles of classical lieder. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Lieder und Gesange Roderick Williams (baritone), Ann Murray (mezzo) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Signum / 2 CD - released 10/Jul/2009 ] "…the wonderful Roderick Williams… animates and energises everything he does. He sings with relish, makes the most of the words… and infectiously communicates a pleasure that it can't always have been easy to feel…" BBC Music Magazine, January 2009 **** |