“The American pianist Elizabeth Newkirk… interprets the classics with much attention to detail and with a unique poise and delivery.”
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“There is a real alchemy of singer and song here, and his interactions with pianist Long reflect careful thought and working-out.”
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”A slowed-down, contemplative version of the original rock ballad, it’s delivered through layers of vocals and mournful peddle steel guitar. It’s unmistakably Elly’s.”
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This is very much a labour of love, and that shows in the engaging manner in which these hymns are performed. The singing is excellent, and in particular Elizabeth Bates deserves praise for the way she sings the sometimes very high notes.
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“Mulligan uses the spectrum of his vibrant artistry to penetrate the expressive depths of these songs….Pianist Timothy Long is the ideal collaborator, his playing flexible, shapely and balanced.”
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“…for more than 2 minutes we're treated to glistening, cascading voices: for each one that disappears, another arrives in its place.”
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“…this ever-adventurous outfit's primary goal—“to make music that sparks joy and wonder”—remains very much in place on its fifth album.”
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“In featuring two elements only, the work engages for its intimate quality and an arrangement that enables the expressiveness of Kelly's vocal delivery and Leisner's poised guitar articulations to be heard with maximum clarity.”
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“Hymns for Private Use continues to showcase Akropolis' elegant playing while reflecting on music's role in the community.”
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”Elly’s vocals are ethereally beautiful and clean, and the way she sings reminds me of the way a siren would, enchanting and alluring. It is exceptionally soporific, dreamy, and certainly hypnotizing.”
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“Elly always brings something fresh with her music and Disappear is no exception.”
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“The sheer musical imagination of the cycle always illuminates and illustrates the gentle, lyrical poetry. Throughout there is an appealing rhetorical fluency that piques the curiosity.”
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“a brilliant virtuoso display with heart”
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“Its two works—the multi-part water hollows stone in particular—are substantial pieces and ultimately won't be forgotten when the book on Weiser's career is someday written.”
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“Mulligan is in superb voice throughout. Sharing warmth and sympathy, fortitude and humility, strength and tenderness via naturally accented, clearly enunciated English and admirable legato, he gives us the full measure of these songs.”
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“…the three movements are Waves, a quietly roiling texture from which “phrase, melody and harmony” eventually emerge…”
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“The Akropolis Reed Quintet are at it again. What a terrific ensemble, and what a distinctive blend.”
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“Mulligan’s beefy, immaculately focused baritone is ideal, capturing the music’s inherent breeziness and relishing thenuances of the sophisticated poetry.”
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“…a fulsome debut from American cellist Bryant.”
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Hymns for Private Use receives a four star review in BBC Music Magazine.
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