 |
Austin’s
performances show particular sensitivity both to the structure and
the prosodic and semantic nuances of Hopkins’s poems |
|
|
|
There
is not an emotion in these poems that Austin fails to capture –
the playful, the joyful, the meditative, the sorrowful and painful.
|
|
|
|
This
is a reading to return to time and again, both to relish and to
tease out more of the meanings |
|
|
|
Austin’s
production sets the standard for the audible reading of Hopkins’s
poetry, and raises the standard of recorded poetry in general. |
|
|
Album Liner Notes |
|
I've never heard a better reader or performer of Hopkins' poems
than Richard Austin |
|
|
Praise for Back to Beauty's
Giver |
|
|
His recitals have an electric quality about them, changing my
views of Hopkins' poetry in ways I never would have expected.
|
Prof.
Hikaru Kitabayashi, Daito Bunka University, Tokyo |
|
|
It
is exquisite: the voice, the interpretation, the acoustic, the
recording, the sleeve and notes…it's so rare to see such
a classy product without a huge, corporate name on it.
|
Peter
Flemington, Founder of Vision TV |
|
|
It
is very well done and clearly a labour of love… Back to Beauty's
Giver is another great breakthrough for the poems of Gerard Manley
Hopkins. The recording will be of immense value to students of Hopkins
worldwide. |
Elaine
Murphy, Gerard Manley Hopkins Society,
Monasterevin, Co. Kildare, Ireland |
|
|
I
thought the readings were magnificent. |
George P. Landow, Brown University
Editor of The Victorian Web |
|
|
It is
beautifully done…[he] never put a foot wrong. Measured and
careful when that’s what’s required but equally passionate
– sometimes even desperate in the darker poems. |
John
Gorrie, Television Director |
|
|
A great contribution to the appreciation of Hopkins
|
Kunio
Shimane, Nagoya City University, Japan.
'The Poetry of G.M.Hopkins: The Fusing
Point of Sound & Sense’ |
|
|
wonderfully
clear and articulated without being overdone or affected …
he's found such a clearly-defined way through the complex architecture
of each of these pieces. And he has a really vibrant dramatic range
- he can whisper and roar in the same piece without drawing attention
to the technique that's at work. |
Kevin
Burns, Commissioning Editor at Novalis
Major Canadian publisher & distributor
of religious publications |
|
|
[his]
ability to clarify and point the meaning without ever losing the
complexity of the rhythms of the verse was remarkable. |
Nigel
Hinton, writer |
