FRANZ SCHUBERT

 

Octet in F

Shepherd on the Rock

 

Michael Collins & Friends

With Ailish Tynan and Malcolm Martineau

 

Michael Collins - clarinet

Ailish Tynan – soprano

Malcolm Martineau - piano

 

The British clarinettist Michael Collins is one of the most sought-after and successful wind players of his generation. He has performed as a soloist with many of the world's major orchestras and most renowned conductors. Collins' distinguished career has been inextricably linked with Wigmore Hall and on this 19th ‘Wigmore Live’ release Collins brings his consummate musicianship and unfailing charisma to the Wigmore Hall stage.

 

The recording of Schubert's Octet in F major features concerto soloists of international repute who such as Isabelle van Keulen and Daniel Muller Schott alongside principals of world class orchestras: Peter Riegelbauer, of the Berlin Philharmonic, Robin O'Neill of the Philharmonia, Lars Anders Tomter, a renowned concerto soloist, Martin Owen of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Peter Brunt, concertmaster of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta.

 

“What a heart! When Collins recapped the adagio theme in a ravishing hush, time and the world stood still.” The Times

 

Shepherd on the Rock is sung with technical brilliance and stunning interpretative vision by the young Irish soprano Ailish Tynan. She won the RTÉ Millennium Singer of the Future and the Rosenblatt Song Recital Prize in the 2003 BBC Singer of the World in Cardiff competition, becoming a BBC New Generation Artist. She joined the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House in and made her Royal Opera debut as Papagena (Die Zauberflöte).

 

Shepherd on the Rock also features Malcolm Martineau, arguably one of the world's leading accompanists, whose sensitive and unimposing playing is the ideal complement for Tynan's voice.

 

“A lyric voice of delicious purity that can sparkle without becoming hard and she is accomplished in her florid world.” Opera Now

 

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