Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74 / Tit for Tat / Folk Songs
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74 / Tit for Tat / Folk Songs
Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano
[ Naxos English Song Series Vol 22 / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 1 July 2012
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"Williams finds an ideal emotional stance - involved, totally word-conscious but never melodramatic...as a recorded recital, Williams - and Burnside, who is similarly colourful, have created an outstanding achievement."
(Gramophone Award Nomination 2012)
"Williams brings a gentler, more intimate touch to what Fischer-Dieskau called their 'enigmatic smile': Blake's Tyger burns bright but with less fierce teeth, and there is more melancholy than menace in this performance's view of the human condition. Every beautifully placed word is matched by Iain Burnside's recreation of Britten's pianistic subtext, glinting with many a revealing musical gloss."
(BBC Music)
"Williams finds an ideal emotional stance - involved, totally word-conscious but never melodramatic...as a recorded recital, Williams - and Burnside, who is similarly colourful but keeps an interpretative distance from pumping up the text - have created an outstanding achievement."
(Gramophone Award Nomination 2012)
Tracks:
Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74
Tit for Tat
The Plough Boy
The foggy, foggy dew
Tom Bowling
O Waly, Waly
Oliver Cromwell
The Ash Grove
Down by the Salley Gardens
There's none to soothe
Little Sir William
Ca' the yowes
