Lawrence Brownlee : This Heart That Flutters.

   in Opera Now (Jun, 2013)
The Rosenblatt Recitals have become a fixture of London’s classical music scene since they started in 2000. Thanks to a new partnership with Opus Arte, selected recitals are now being made available on disc, and these three recordings are the first releases. They are pretty representative, too, with a blend of opera, Lieder and song provided by three excellent singers of the front rank – greatly esteemed, but not household names.

First comes Lawrence Brownlee’s recital, ‘This Heart that Flutters’, a mix of studio recordings and live excerpts from his recital at Wigmore Hall. Brownlee is a true tenore di grazia, his tone rich but honeyed, with the ability to taper …