LISA GERRARD Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Australian vocalist and modern classical composer Lisa Gerrard presents Come Tenderness, a compilation inspired by the healing essence of water. Personally curated by Golden Globe winner Lisa herself, this album packs in ten of her most powerful tracks, all newly mastered, alongside the fresh track 'Whispers.' Each piece takes on renewed depth within this cohesive collection and the record is enriched by striking artwork from Nigel Grierson. Known for her collaborations, Come Tenderness features work with Daniel Johns, Astrid Williamson and Patrick Cassidy, all elevated by Lisa's ethereal vocals from a career that spans from her beginnings with Dead Can Dance to recent scores for Dune.

Review: Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard and Jules Maxwell have reimagined their much loved 2021 collaboration Burn in an all new live arena. One Night in Porto was recorded whilst on tour in Portugal towards the end of 2022 and found the pair doing a fine job of recreating the Burn album in a live setting. Rather than try to simply serve it up in recognisable form, they instead used its melodic themes and sonic textures as a starting point to head off into new worlds. After four days of rehearsals they took it on the road and as this recording on the third of the four dates shows, it was a great success.

Review: Two years ago, long-term musical collaborators Jules Maxwell and Lisa Gerrard, who first worked together during the latter's time with 4AD signed musical mavericks Dead Can Dance, joined forces with James Chapman to create Burn, a critically acclaimed exploration of "euphoric and inventive" sounds that blurred the boundaries between neo-classical, world music and ambient electronica. One Night in Porto captures the pair's performance - ably assisted by Chapman and a small pool of supplementary musicians - of the album's widescreen tracks at Casa Da Musica in Porto last November. With Gerrard utilising her voice to the full - one minute, soaring and operatic, the next singing more sweetly and soulfully in an entirely different language - and Maxwell playing a grand piano and synthesisers, it's a stunningly atmospheric, uplifting and entertaining affair.