No Exceptions No Exemptions
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No Exceptions No Exemptions
Robin Tritschler (tenor) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)
[ Signum Classics / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 1 February 2015
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A song recital which commemorates World War One brings to mind works by the poets and composers who fought valiantly for their country. But the affliction of the War was not restricted to the battlefields. As well as those who fought,
there were those interned, those who stayed to defend their home, and those who were forced from their homes by the advancing armies.
This recital draws its inspiration from those lives upturned by the Great War, whether friend or foe, soldier or civilian. Some survived the conflict to produce great catalogues of works. Others never made it home, penning their final songs in the mud of the trenches.
Alongside established works, this recital programme introduces some little known songs to portray the humanity of those caught up in the torrent of The Great War.
"Armed with the sensitive Malcolm Martineau as his accompanist, [Tritschler] throws himself into his thoughtful recital...with winning sincerity and dedication...Tritschler's voice has an unusual kink: depending on his register or volume he can seem like two different singers, one with a shiny edge to his tone, the other roundly mellow. It's initially disconcerting, but he's worth attention in either mode." (Times)
"Tritschler proves an expert guide to all this material. His linguistic and vocal skills combine to splendid effect...Tritschler's technical and expressive skills combine throughout to bring out the best in the words as well as the music." (BBC Music Choral & Song Choice - January 2015)
"there are many gems, both moving and lyrical. The Irish tenor Robin Tritschler proves yet again that he is one of the most sensitive and musical of today's younger lieder interpreters, his plangent timbre matched to a fine sense of word and mood. Malcolm Martineau is, as ever, his superb accompanist." (Daily Telegraph)
Tracks:
Bainton, E:
Angel spirits of sleep
All night under the moon
Bliss:
A child's prayer
Browne, W D:
Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy
To Gratiana dancing and singing
Diaphenia
Butterworth, G:
On the idle hill of summer
Caplet:
Sonnet: Quand reverrai-je, hélas
En regardant ces belles fleurs
Dale, B:
O Mistress Mine
Come Away, Death
Debussy:
Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison
Delius:
To Daffodils
Farrar, E:
Brittany
Gurney:
In Flanders
Head, M:
Ships of Arkady
A blackbird singing
Ives, C:
In Flanders Fields
Keel:
In Prison
Kelly, F:
Shall I compare thee?
Magnard:
Le Rhin Allemand, Op. 3 No. 3
Milhaud:
L'Abandon (from Quatre poemes de Leo Latil)
Prokofiev:
Trust me, Op. 23 No. 3
Stephan:
Ich will dir singen ein Hohelied - Sechs Lieder auf Texte von Gerda von Robertus
