Bryn Terfel - Simple Gifts
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Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartComposer: Stephen Sondheim
Composer: John Rutter
Composer: Cesar Franck
Composer: Charles Gounod
Composer: Stanley Myers Giovanni Pergolesi
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Bryn Terfel
Performer: Simon Keenlyside
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-10-11
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- Ave Verum Corpus, K.618 - Adapted by Chris Hazell
- Deep River - Arranged by Chris Hazell
- The Lord Bless You and Keep You
- I'll Walk Beside You - Arranged by Chris Hazell
- Stabat Mater
- Still, Still, Still Weils Kindlein Schlafen Will
- Simple Gifts - Arranged by Chris Hazell
- How Great Thou Art
- Panis Angelicus - Arranged by Chris Hazell
- Bless This House - Arranged by Chris Hazell
- Ave Verum Corpus
- Cavatina - Arranged by Chris Hazell
- The Rose
- Amazing Grace - Arranged by Chris Hazell
- God's Mercy
- Morning Has Broken - Arranged by Chris Hazell
- Nearer My God To Thee - Arranged by Chris Hazell
- Ave Maria
- Send In The Clowns - Arranged by Jonathan Tunick
- God Will Be With You
Music reviews of Bryn Terfel - Simple Gifts
Music Review: Beautiful recording
Rating: 5 Stars
Another wonderful recording by Bryn Terfel. I have given this cd as a gift to several members of my family and they have all loved it. I particularly enjoy Mr. Terfel's rendition of Send in the Clowns and Cavatina. What an amazing voice!
Description of Bryn Terfel - Simple Gifts
Everything about Bryn Terfel is over-life-size: his physique, his personality, his breath-control, and of course his extraordinarily beautiful voice. This recording displays his stunning vocalism and versatility to full advantage, but its title belies its content. Alhough it does include some simple pieces, the execution is fussy, overdone, and calculated for maximum external effect. The program ranges from Mozart, Pergolesi and pseudo-Bach to Sondheim in arrangements that are pure Hollywood, complete with throbbing strings and rolling drums, often destroying the spirit as well as the letter of the original compositions. It begins with Mozart's heavenly "Ave verum" arranged for baritone solo and chorus, frustratingly cut off after a few phrases (another setting of the same text by Karl Jenkins, written for Terfel, is more satisfying, being complete and original). The splendid baritone Simon Keenlyside joins him here as well as in the opening number of Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater;" originally for soprano and alto, this must be the baritones' revenge on female singers who usurp songs written for men, like Schubert's and Schumann's cycles. Franck's "Panis angelicus" also inexplicably becomes a duet; unfortunately, Terfel's and tenor Aled Jones' voices do not match. Bach-Gounod's popular "Ave Maria" is all swells and exaggerations. The rest of the program consists of folksongs, hymns, show and film tunes, inflated to operatic proportions and generally ending in a fade-out or a flourish. Even the title song is anything but simple. This record is not for purists who like their music performed the way the composer wrote it, but aficionados of great singing will love it. --Edith EislerGeneral CDs
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