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

And now he sings for you “In der Fremde” by RobertSchumann

And finally, he sings Suo-Gan, a folk song

Tags: Bryn Terfel, The Art of Bryn Terfel, Bass-Baritone