https://middle-c.org/2018/04/sasha-cookes-entrancing-berlioz-songs-a-bewitching-premiere-and-masterpieces-of-debussy-and-ravel-thanks-to-de-waart-and-the-nzso/ Classical Music Reviews, Wellington, New Zealand Fri, 04 May 2018 07:48:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://middle-c.org/2018/04/sasha-cookes-entrancing-berlioz-songs-a-bewitching-premiere-and-masterpieces-of-debussy-and-ravel-thanks-to-de-waart-and-the-nzso/comment-page-1/#comment-694221 Fri, 04 May 2018 07:48:35 +0000 https://middle-c.org/?p=13709#comment-694221 Berlioz’s wonderful Nuit d’ete is not so easy to pull off in my experience. Too much vibrato can make it sound muddy and ‘oratorio voice’ much the same. So hats off to Sasha Cooke!

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