Following critically acclaimed Glyndebourne performances in Michael
Grandage’s Billy Budd and Brett Dean’s Hamlet, Jacques Imbrailo has
established himself as one of the most exciting young baritones on the
world stage.
His debut solo recital for Linn sees him perform with fellow Prince
Consort alumni, Alisdair Hogarth, in a mouth-watering programme of
Sibelius and Rachmaninov songs.
Among the selection is In the silence of the mysterious night, one of
Rachmaninov’s best-loved songs and one of the composer’s greatest
achievements in this genre.
Rachmaninov’s trademark melodicism is met with a perfect partner in
Imbrailo’s lyric baritone, whilst his expressive and highly intricate
accompaniments find a worthy partner in Hogarth.
Providing a welcome contrast to the intensity of Rachmaninov is the
Nordic sentimentality that Sibelius brings to his highly romantic songs.
The pearl of the Opus 37 collection is Was is a dream?, which the
composer himself described as ‘my most beautiful song’.
Together the duo perfectly communicates the passions and anxieties of
a poet’s lost love; the rich tone of Imbrailo’s final note provides an
immensely satisfying close.
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