| Cherry Ripe - Review Excerpts |
 Limelight (Australia) (July 2009) "All of the music is sung by the late Deborah Riedel with what seems to me flawless musical and vocal art...This one is a major achievement in the Australian recording industry *****5 stars." "[Riedel] obviously enjoys performing the music on this disc...The booklet is a model that other recordings companies should emulate...Highly recommended." "Riedel tailors her voice perfectly to this smaller-scale repertoire, with a gleaming, focused edge, impressive breath control and plenty of athletic and accurate decorations." "This enchanting journey into neglected musical byways makes a fitting tribute to Deborah Riedel ...Her gorgeous voice brings great warmth and tenderness to these charming songs." Web La Opera (Spain) (2 May 2009) "A beautiful disc complemented by design to match and including the lyrics of the songs. Melba clearly takes great care not only with the quality of its recordings but also with the presentation of its products. In short, another disc well worth recommending." Prima La Musica (Australia) (18 July 2009) "...it is Riedel's convincing delivery which ultimately sells it." "Riedel's voice is elegantly controlled with some really nice, fine details." "The voyage is fascinating." "Richard Bonynge, with perfect elegance, brings to life the subtleties of the dance rhythms that accompany the vocal line." "So elegant and pastoral are the gems on this CD that at times I was transported to the drawing rooms and recital halls of Jane Austen's England." New Zealand Herald 'Weekend' (NZ) (25 April 2009) "Delightful and rewarding stroll down memory lane." "A unique, timeless recording." "Overall this is second only to the excellent presentation we have come to expect from Opera Rara. Together they put most other companies to shame." "All 21 arias and songs are sung with that particular warmth for which Deborah Riedel was renowned...It should bring pleasure to anyone who loves beautiful melodies sung expertly with a rich, warm voice." "Riedel was at her best when she made this recording, a glorious voice." "The voice is a molten flow of rich, rounded and deeply etched sound...it is a beauteous piece of work to be enjoyed." "In short Melba's 'Richard Bonynge Edition' is distinguished by its incomparable production values. With this enterprising 2008 digital programme, Deborah Riedel reveals a bounteous seam of unfamiliar, wholly blissful vocal gems - a glistening treasury of song." Sunday Herald Sun (Australia) (25 January 2009) "Unalloyed pleasure from first to final note" The Age 'Green Guide' (Australia) (22 January 2009) "Riedel brought to the art song the same qualities with which she imbued opera - and this felicitious selection of the elegant, the beautiful and the quirky is the perfect way to celebrate her talents." "This delightful recording" The Classical Music Guide (US) (26 October 2008) "Such elegance!...if you love beautiful singing, you will find it in abundance here...It is her solo discs for Melba Recordings, however, that puts her in a class by herself." The Classical Beat (US) (29 April 2009) "...strikingly well curated and conducted by no less a luminary than Richard Bonynge, in world-premiere recordings; and well packaged by the Australian label Melba..." |