| The Floral Dance and other Peter Dawson Favourites - Review Excerpts |
 Music and Vision (UK) (9 February 2008) "Yurisich assumes sufficient of the Dawson verve, vivacity, optimism, nostalgia and exuberant brio to reawaken memories of the Floral Dance maestro himself... in this repertoire the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra hardly miss a trick... David Lloyd Jones is in his element throughout... I'm convinced you'll also discover a generous earful of personal favourites." Keene Sentinel (USA) (14 September 2006) "Yurisich sings with gusto and makes this a very enjoyable disc to play over and over." MusicWeb International (UK) (November 2001) "The songs are sung with good clarity and delivered at a comfortably brisk pace... an ideal CD to bring memories of yesteryear flooding back... Gregory Yurisich sings with style and precision... resembles a Robson in timbre, wide compass and powerful delivery." Herald Sun (16 January 2001) "Dawson was famous... Yurisich is famous. He has been singing around the world for 27 years and has a repertoire of well over 20 operatic roles... one of the world's most acclaimed baritones... Yurisich sings with great verve, enthusiasm, and feeling." Sunday Herald Sun (17 December 2000) "The elegant ballads and marching songs of Peter Dawson recall another time when England was an empire and family musical evenings were held in Camberwell homes. The charm of his music is not only nostalgic, though that is its most obvious delight. It is also cheerfully melodic and humorously patriotic and sentimental. Maria Vandamme, managing director and producer of Melba Recordings is so taken by Dawson's music she is also planning a television documentary on his life." The Bulletin (20 November 2000) "a wonderful tribute in this CD of songs made famous by the great Australian baritone... Yurisich has a robust baritone, and the same clarity of diction that was Dawson's trademark." 24 Hours Magazine (2000) "Peter Dawson, the Australian baritone who at his peak was as well known as Nellie Melba, made the first of his 2000 records in 1903 or 1904... Ninety-five years later, and a new record company, Melba Recordings, has brought together an orchestra, conductor [and] Gregory Yurisich, fresh from appearing with Domingo in Washington, is doing Dawson. Welsh conductor and founder of Opera North in England, David Lloyd Jones... is an expert in English music and just the man for the job." |