Tenor Andrew Kennedy, the winner of a number of prestigious prizes in Europe and a debut artist at La Scala just prior to this recording, performs a selection of works by Gluck, Mozart, and Berlioz on this album with the lush and talented Southbank Sinfonia. The first of the opening four Gluck arias starts with a majestic orchestral introduction, which Kennedy follows with a majestic sound. There is a core to his voice and a fullness not often found in tenors' voices; you get the impression he is certainly a power tenor ...
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Tenor Andrew Kennedy, the winner of a number of prestigious prizes in Europe and a debut artist at La Scala just prior to this recording, performs a selection of works by Gluck, Mozart, and Berlioz on this album with the lush and talented Southbank Sinfonia. The first of the opening four Gluck arias starts with a majestic orchestral introduction, which Kennedy follows with a majestic sound. There is a core to his voice and a fullness not often found in tenors' voices; you get the impression he is certainly a power tenor capable of singing in the world's largest houses. Though Kennedy is able to sing notes that are quite high, some of them sound a bit shouted and covered (a term to describe a particular technique used by tenors) and need more curve and vibrato. Kennedy sounds slightly constrained in these, as though he were wearing clothes that were too small for him, so to speak. The arias from Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio and the lesser known La Clemenza di Tito are introduced with the...
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