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“Eight years late, George Gagnidze presents his impressive debut album with Giuseppe Verdi's great baritone roles as the core repertoire… At the end of the album, Gagnidze still delivers repertoire that his career has not been able to pursue further. He sings Wolfram's Lied an den Abendstern from Wagner's 'Tannhäuser' with astonishingly good articulation and an enchanting play of colours. The phrase 'you send your gentle light from afar' alone is worth buying the CD…”