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Vagabond

~ Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer), Gerald Finzi (Composer), George Butterworth (Composer), John Ireland (Composer), Malcolm Martineau (Performer), et al.

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Performer: Malcolm Martineau, Bryn Terfel
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gerald Finzi, George Butterworth, John Ireland
Audio CD (Oct 4 1995)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Universal Music Group
Run Time: 77 minutes
ASIN: B000001GPD

Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #7,614 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Songs Of Travel: The Vagabond
2. Songs Of Travel: Let Beauty Awake
3. Songs Of Travel: The Roadside Fire
4. Songs Of Travel: Youth And Love
5. Songs Of Travel: In Dreams
6. Songs Of Travel: The Infiinite Shining Heavens
7. Songs Of Travel: Whither Must I Wander?
8. Songs Of Travel: Birght Is The Ring Of Words
9. Songs Of Travel: I Have Trod The Upward And The Downward Slope
10. Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: Come Away, Come Away, Death
11. Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: Who Is Silvia?
12. Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: Fear No More The Heat O' The Sun
13. Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: O Mistress Mine
14. Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: It Was A Lover And His Lass
15. Bredon Hill And Other Songs: Bredon Hill
16. Bredon Hill And Other Songs: Oh Fair Enough Are Sky And Plain
17. Bredon Hill And Other Songs: When The Lad For Longing Sighs
18. Bredon Hill And Other Songs: On The Idle Hill Of Summer
19. Bredon Hill And Other Songs: With Rue My Heart Is Laden
20. Sea Fever
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On this CD:

Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
with Malcolm Martineau, Bryn Terfel
Let Us Garlands Bring, song cycle for baritone & piano (or string orchestra), Op. 18
Composed by Gerald Finzi
with Malcolm Martineau, Bryn Terfel
Bredon Hill and Other Songs for voice & piano, Nos 1-5, complete
Composed by George Butterworth
with Malcolm Martineau, Bryn Terfel
Sea Fever
Composed by John Ireland
with Malcolm Martineau, Bryn Terfel
Vagabond
Composed by John Ireland
with Malcolm Martineau, Bryn Terfel
Bells of San Marie
Composed by John Ireland
with Malcolm Martineau, Bryn Terfel
Songs (6) from A Shropshire Lad for voice & piano (or orchestra)
Composed by George Butterworth
with Malcolm Martineau, Bryn Terfel

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3.0 out of 5 stars Vaughan-Williams Over Interpreted, Nov 26 2003

By	David N. Loesch (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I love the Vaughan-Willams cycle, and I was puzzled and disappointed by this performance. Bryn Terfel's interpretation of the Songs of Travel is wildly overdone. He really milks every line and phrase for maximum vocal effect--totally over the top. This particular work requires a straight forward approach. Terfel's mannered performance undermines the direct emotional appeal of these simple, yet affecting songs.

Much more successful is his rendering of the Butterworth, Finzi and Ireland where he shows great sensitivity to the subtleties of the texts. I really admire his fine performance in this less familiar repetory.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Over Done, Aug 2 2003

By	"bigsloppyjoeay" (Newton, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews

I agree with another reviewer that the sound on many of the tracks is way to produced and nothing like what a live recital would sound like. I do however think Bryn does a very good job of reciting the text so it's clear and does a good job of expressing what the music really is saying through his dynamics, etc. But his voice to me just has an over done sound. He also has some very odd vowels he uses when he sings that just seem awkward to my ears. I recommend to anyone who is a R. V. Williams fan and loves Songs of Travel to look into Gerald Finley's recording of the Songs of Travel (plus 14 other wonderful songs). Personally, I believe they are done much better then the versions on this recording and I also think that Gerald Finley's voice is just simply better.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Live or Recorded?, April 29 2002

By	D. Craven (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a tough CD to comment on. It is full of great music which deserves to be heard, but which is often neglected. And Terfel is a great singer who, at least in person, is full of charm and wit which bubbles out through his performances. On the other hand, the other hand, this sound is way over processed and does not remotely resemble a real world performance of the works. For example, in "Is my Team Ploughing", Terfel does not actually sing the song the way that he would in performance, but rather plays "mike" tricks with a recording engineer on the dial. That is too bad. His "real" performance would have been all the more captivating.

Perhaps, next time, Terfel can issue two versions... one with overprocessed sound and one "unplugged" in which his real sound can come out.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent interpretations of oft-neglected literature
While Bryn Terfel is not one of my favorite opera singers, I have gained a new admiration for him after hearing his uncanny renditions of some very famous and some very obscure... Read more

Published on Jan 28 2002 by Dr. Fartmeister

5.0 out of 5 stars Clarity and Resonance Shine
I was fortunate enough in my studies of opera to be assigned several beautiful Vaughan Williams solos for a baritone/bass voice. Read more

Published on Oct 11 2001 by Thomas Tyler Swopes

4.0 out of 5 stars Terfel Brings Old Literature to a New Audience
Bryn Terfel's "The Vagabond" is bringing the English art song to a whole new generation of listeners. Read more

Published on May 7 2001 by Andrew Webb

5.0 out of 5 stars TERFEL'S TOPS
I agree wholeheartedly with "A Music Fan From Washington DC:" Fisher-Dieskau MIGHT have sung this repertoire as well as Bryn Terfel, but he did not record it, so how are... Read more