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Sea Fever: Roderick Williams Sings Baritone Arias by British Composers (2007)
by Ailish Tynan (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates (conductor)
For fans of Edward Elgar's song cycle Sea Pictures of 1899, here is a whole disc of English songs for voice and orchestra -- plus one splendid addition. Written between 1901 and 1935, the 20 songs included here are by five different composers. There are four by Bax, seven by Ireland, five by Dyson, three by Boughton, and two by Bainton, and the subject matter ranges from sea songs like Ireland's heart-swelling Sea Fever to Bainton's dramatic Christmas Eve, Dyson's solemn Hymn to the Stars, and Bax's rousing Viking Battle Song. Some were cast by the composers for voice and orchestra and others are arrangements by other hands of works originally for voice and piano, but in every song, the music is superbly performed by baritone Roderick Williams with Martin Yates leading the BBC Concert Orchestra. Williams has a rich, subtle voice and he's not afraid of expressing the sentimental core of songs like Ireland's "When I Am Dead, My Dearest." Yates and the London musicians unequivocally support Williams and... Hide synopsis
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