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"David Gordon is a model of phrasing, control, and style, and an irresistible performer."
– Washington POST Bach Cantatas, Smithsonian
"Tenor David Gordon was impressive in every way."
– Los Angeles TIMES
– Wagner: Die Meistersinger (San Francisco Opera, Kurt Herbert Adler)
"A superlative performance by David Gordon, in exquisite tone, deep commitment, and fabulous ease of technique."
– New York DAILY NEWS
– Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (Carnegie Hall, Christopher Hogwood)
"Stirringly poetic, he sings with absolute clarity of execution, great conviction, and glowing beauty."
– Boston GLOBE Britten: Serenade (Symphony Hall, Christopher Hogwood)
"David Gordon is splendid, his command of the vigorous coloratura superb."
– New York TIMES Handel: Belshazzar (Lincoln Center)
"The high point of the performance was the firm, sweet, shapely singing of David Gordon."
– Chicago TRIBUNE
– Berlioz: Requiem (Grant Park Symphony, Robert Shaw)
"David Gordon gave a vital, sharp-edged, compelling characterization."
– San Francisco CHRONICLE
– Schönberg: Gurre-Lieder (San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt)
"Crystal intonation, effortless coloratura, impeccable style."
– Prague LIDOVÁ DEMOKRACIE
– Monteverdi: Vespers (Prague Philharmonic, Helmuth Rilling)
"David Gordon is a master of inflection and delicious shadings of irony."
– Seattle TIMES
– Handel: Acis and Galatea (Seattle Symphony / Delos CD / Gerard Schwarz)
David Gordon has received special praise
for singing the music of J. S. Bach . . .
"One of the world's great Bach tenors."
– Chicago TRIBUNE Bach: St. Matthew Passion (Music of the Baroque, Chicago)
"David Gordon is a thrilling Bach Evangelist, delivering the text with gripping excitement."
– San Francisco EXAMINER
– Bach: St. John Passion (San Francisco Symphony, Simon Preston)
"Best of the soloists was David Gordon, who not only essayed the grueling role of the Evangelist, but also took the equally demanding tenor arias. He sang with an absolutely assured technique and breath control, every note came out with ease, and he really acted the part with extraordinary involvement."
– New York Daily News
– St. Matthew Passion
(National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada / Carnegie Hall / Helmuth Rilling)
"David Gordon, an outstanding Bach tenor, who delivers the recitatives with greatest sensitivity and vocal splendor, brimming with life."
– Berlin MORGENPOST Bach: St. Matthew Passion (Berlin Radio Orchestra, Fritz Weisse)
"David Gordon, as the Evangelist, was truly in a class by himself. One of today's consummate Bach tenors, Mr. Gordon gave a thrilling interpretation of this taxing role. Even Bach could not wish for a grander portrayal."
– Baltimore DAILY RECORD Bach: St. Matthew Passion (Choral Arts Society, Baltimore / Tom Hall)
"Tenor David Gordon in particular was a matchless Evangelist, at home in the stratospheric range Bach set for him and coloring each phrase to match the changing moods of the text. Those who knew German could take pleasure in his precise enunciation; those who did not were equally well served by his sure dramatic sense, which conveyed the meaning of every word."
– St. Paul (Minnesota) PIONEER PRESS
– Bach: St. John Passion (St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood)
"Well-known internationally, David Gordon is an expressive Bach Evangelist, infusing the text with drama and passion, coloring the words with emotion."
– Chicago SUN-TIMES Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Basically Bach, Chicago)
"Outstanding among the soloists, the intensely expressive Evangelist of David Gordon."
– Berlin Presse
– St. Matthew Passion Berliner Bach-Ensemble, Philharmonic Hall, Fritz Weisse)
"David Gordon, an Evangelist like a jewel, who unites in himself all the virtues of a Bach tenor."
– Sud-Deutsche GENERAL-ANZEIGER
St. Matthew Passion (Reutlingen Bachverein, Germany)
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