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REVIEWS
“Ann sang Vivier's Bouchara in a masterly fashion”.
De Standaard
“Ann's clear and perfectly pitched voice was a real treat”.
Belgian Classical Radio Review
The Mental Traveller, L. Posman,
Flanders Festival Belgium
“Performed with great precision
and flair”
Wilfried Westerlinck
Folksong, S. Bainbridge, Flanders Festival, Belgium
“Heilige Seelenlust is an imposing work that never fails to impress through sheer vitality, variety and invention.
This recording was made during the first performances of the work and one can certainly sense the excitement of all concerned in taking part in a special occasion. On the whole everyone sings and plays with commitment and conviction. The immaculate singing of Ann De Renais may certainly be singled-out.”
Musicweb-international,com- Hubert Culot
Review of CD recording oratorio Heilige Seelenlust by Piet Swerts
“The music and performance are superb, one of those happy surprises in unknown repertoire I always hope for, but rarely come across. Ann De Renais is the soprano and her clear, fresh voice - an instrument that is round and very pleasant on the ears - navigates through the 11 songs with ease, accompanied by the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra under Zsolt Hamar.”
Jens F. Laurson, Radio Interview, Classical Radio Washington
Jef Van Hoof songs/ Phaedra label In Flanders’ Fields Volume 51
DISCOGRAPHY
In Flanders' Fields vol.59
Available from Phaedra
Piet Swerts - Heilige Seelenlust
Oratorio for soprano, tenor, children's choir, female choir, male choir, two harps, two alto recorders, two pianos, string orchestra and wind ensemble.
Performers:
Ann De Renais - soprano, Jan Caals - tenor, Choirs and Orchestras Lemmensinstituut, Saskia Van Keer - leader, Edmond Saveniers - conductor
Kommt doch, ihr Winde
Melodies
Cesar Franck
Soprano - Ann De Renais,
Piano Erard - Guy Penson.
Les cloches du soir
In Flanders Fields Vol. 51
Available from Phaedra
Review (pdf)
Jef Van Hoof (1886-1959)
Following the success of Vol. 44 (see below) of Jef Van Hoof’s music, this cd contains more songs for voice and orchestra as well as his 3rd Symphony, Suite from the opera 'Fire of May' and a divertimento for
trombone and orchestra.
Performers
Ann De Renais - soprano,
Ivan Meylemans - trombone,
Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, Pécs, Hungary.
Zsolt Hamar - conductor
De Crans es uutghehanghen
In Flanders Fields Vol 50
Available Phaedra
Peter Benoit, Lodewijk Mortelmans, Arthur Verhoeven, Gaston Feremans, August De Boeck, Florentius De Boeck
A fine and true musical picture of pious Flanders in the nineteenth
and the first half of the twentieth century, of the liturgical music
that was sung in the choir lofts of its churches and which was part
and parcel of the repertoire of many Flemish choral societies.
Performers
Ann De Renais - soprano,
Kristine Adamaite - organ,
State Choir Latvia,
Herman Engels - Conductor.
Panis Angelicus P Benoit
In Flanders' Fields Vol. 44, Jef van Hoof (1886 - 1959)
Available from Phaedra
Symphony no 5 in E major (1954)
Vijf liederen - Five songs
't is Stille - It's quiet (1903) (Guido Gezelle)
De Lotusbloem (Ik heb u lief) (1957) (Angèle de Bremaecker) - The Lotus
Flower (I love you)
Suja, nu Suja! (1924) (Pol de Mont)
Nachtdeun -Night Song (1933) (Alice Nahon)
Slaaplied - Lullaby (1910) (Guido Gezelle)
Second Symphonic Suite (1952)
Symphony no 6 in B flat major (1959) "Onvoltooide" (Unfinished)
Performers
Ann De Renais - soprano, Pannon Philharmonic
Orchestra, Pécs Zsolt Hamar - conductor.
't is Stille - It's quiet
Luciano Berio Sinfonia Ekphrasis
Available direct from Deutsche
Grammophon or any good classical CD shop.
(Deutsche Grammophon)
London Voices
Göteborgs Symfoniker
Peter Eötvös, Conductor
Swingle Singers
Ann can be heard as first soprano with the internationally known a cappella
group the swingle singers on
Ticket to Ride (a tribute to the Beatles) Keyboard Classics (your favourite
keyboard pieces arranged and sung by 8 voices)
Live in Japan (a cd full of surprises, including an arrangement of Queen's
Bohemian Rhapsody!)
To buy www.swinglesingers.com