Sasha Cooke
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 Carolyn Sampson, Jacquelyn Wagner (sopranos), Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Jess Dandy (contralto), Barry Banks (tenor), Julian Orlishausen (baritone), Christian Immler (bass-baritone), Minnesota Chorale, National Lutheran Choir, Minnesota Boychoir, Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir, Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo...
the trio of ‘penitent women’, dynamically careful, is a real beauty…The amateur choruses catch the fervour of the event, and a seraphic trumpet distinguishes the final massive optimism. — More…
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Mason Bates: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
RecommendedEdwards Parks (Steve Jobs), Garrett Sorenson (Steve Wozniak), Sasha Cooke (Laurene), Jessica E. Jones (Chrisann), Wei Wu (Kōbun Chino Otogawa); Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, Michael Christie
Bates’s vocal writing can be taxing, though its challenges are all wonderfully met in the recording…Edward Parks gives a terrific central performance as Jobs, capturing both this charisma and... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Contemporary Classical Composition
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2018), Winner - Opera Recording
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All the soloists are excellent, and thoughtful casting among the four baritones and bass-baritones has allotted the Israelite father to Matthew Brook, who brings just that touch of extra warmth... — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor 'Resurrection' Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Ruby Hughes (soprano)
Minnesota Orchestra & Chorale, Osmo Vänskä
Vänskä has very clear ideas of his own about Mahler...The disadvantage of that in this Resurrection comes, for me, very early on: after a swift, rather lightweight signing-in for fire and fury,... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Violins of Hope
RecommendedLive at Kohl Mansion - Heggie, Schubert & Mendelssohn
Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Hope (violin), Sean Mori (violin), Kay Stern (violin), Dawn Harms (violin), Patricia Heller (viola), Emil Miland (cello)
Heggie accomplishes the task with incontestable fluency, opting for a musical language that marries the contours of Jewish melody with popular idioms…Whether the music penetrates fully the horror... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th February 2021
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Michael Tilson Thomas: From the Diary of Anne Frank & Meditation on Rilke
RecommendedSasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Ryan McKinny (bass-baritone), San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Winner - Best Classical Compendium
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Cooke tells these stories as if she had experienced them herself, imparting subtle yet significant changes of mood and character for each song. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 65th Awards (2023), Nominee - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette
Sasha Cooke (mezzo), Nicholas Phan (tenor), Luca Pisaroni (bass-baritone)
San Francisco Symphony & San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas
There is much to admire: buoyant energy, sparkling lightness (in the Queen Mab Scherzo), mostly well-balanced textures and acceptable if not quite native French. Yet after one hearing I felt... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Two New Comic Operas by Musto & Bolcom
New York Festival of Song: Lisa Vroman (soprano), Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Paul Appleby (tenor), Patrick Mason (baritone), Matthew Boehler (bass), Steven Blier and Michael Barrett (piano)
A real curiosity, this. Two new comic operas, written by two different composers and the same librettist, as a double bill...I cannot single out any particular singer for praise, because the... — More…
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