The Art of Bryn Terfel
I was on a visit in London many years ago, and I loved the huge number of concerts I was able to enjoy. I recall going to the Wigmore Hall for a chamber music concert; when the concert ended, I noticed an announcement of a future concert with a singer’s name that I did not know at that time. The name was Bryn Terfel.
By now, of course Bryn Terfel is one of Britain’s best-loved singers, as comfortable in popular musical repertoire as he is in the great roles of opera. Deutsche Grammophon recently released this 2-CD collection.
This recording includes a huge range of Mr. Terfel’s interpretations:
Berlioz:
- Une puce gentille ‘Flea Song’ (from La damnation de Faust)
- Voici des roses (Air de Méphistophélès)
Gurney:
- Sleep
Gwynn Williams:
- My Little Welsh Home
Handel:
- Si, tra i ceppi (from Berenice)
- Te Deum in D major ‘Dettingen’, HWV283: Vouchsafe, O Lord
Hughes, J:
- Guide me, O thou great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda)
Loewe, F:
- Paint Your Wagon: They Call the Wind Maria
Mahler:
- In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus (Kindertotenlieder)
Mendelssohn:
- Lord God of Abraham (Elijah)
Mozart:
- Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso (from Le Nozze di Figaro)
- Il core vi dono (from Così fan tutte)
- Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (from Die Zauberflöte)
- Io ti lascio, oh cara, addio, KAnh. 245
Puccini:
- Tre sbirri…Una carozza…Presto ‘Te Deum’ (from Tosca)
Quilter:
- Go, lovely Rose, Op. 24 No. 3 (Edmund Wailer)
Rutter:
- The Lord bless you and keep you
Schubert:
- Erlkönig, D328
- Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert)
- Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe)
Schumann:
- Du bist wie eine Blume, Op. 25 No. 24
- Die beiden Grenadiere, Op. 49 No. 1
- Mein Wagen rollet langsam, Op. 142 No. 4
Sullivan, A:
- Hereupon we’re both agreed (The Yeomen of the Guard)
Traditional:
- Amazing Grace
Shenandoah
- Ar hyd y Nos (All through the night)
Suo gan
- Deep River
Vaughan Williams:
- The Vagabond (from Songs of Travel)
- Silent Noon
Verdi:
- Ehi! Paggio! … L’onore! Ladri! (from Falstaff)
Wagner:
- Die Frist ist um (from Der fliegende Holländer)
- O du, mein holder Abendstern (from Tannhäuser)
Performed by Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
Here is “An die Musik” by Franz Schubert, performed by Bryn Terfel
http://youtu.be/f2N6o8HTMV8
And now he sings for you “In der Fremde” by RobertSchumann
And finally, he sings Suo-Gan, a folk song
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