Louise Alder & Joseph Middleton - Through Life & Love (2017)

Hailed as ‘one of the brightest lyric-sopranos of the younger generation’, ‘a radiant pe rformer’ and ‘a born actress’ Louise has been held in high critical acclaim during he r early career, and has recently been declared Young Singer of the Year at the 2017 International Opera Awards. She is also no stranger to Lieder, and has worked with pianist Joseph Middleton previously at the Leeds Lieder Festival. Joseph is considered a specialist in the art of song accompaniment, and has be en described as ‘one of the brightest stars in the world of song and Lieder’ by BBC Music Magazine, ‘the cream of the new generation’ by The Times and ‘a perfect accompanist’ by Opera Now. Through Life and Love sees Louise and Joseph perform some of the most beautiful Lieder in the repertoire, including Strauss’ Die Nacht, Standchen and Rote Rosen. Louise represented England at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition this year (reaching the finals of the Main and Song Competition, and winning the Audience Prize); this is her debut recital recording.