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It has been frequently observed that 19th century audiences liked to hear opera in their own languages. How true this was for art song is less clear, but poet Jeremy Sams is making a strong case for the procedure. This is the fourth in a series of releases by the present performers, and others have recorded his translations as well. He has a fine feeling for the way Schubert was drawn to simplicity; he has sometimes been charged with setting inferior verse, but what he needed as poetry that stated its basic idea and then, so to speak, got out of his way. Sams gives the texts a natural feeling that is hard to replicate for listeners who are not German, even if they speak the language well. Consider Wild Rose, D. 257, which is the famed Heidenröslein; this title scans easily, and the listener is drawn into the immediacy of the text. There are a couple of Goethe texts, but they are songlike excerpts; Sams and the performers probably do well to stay away from his more philosophical poetry. The singers -- baritone Roderick Williams and soprano Rowan Pierce -- emphasize directness and text intelligibility, and accompanist Christopher Glynn properly keeps close to the meter. Pierce hangs out on the bottom side of the pitch sometimes, and listeners can decide for themselves whether this is troublesome. However, it is hard to escape the idea that, at some level, this recording presents Schubert as non-German audiences of the composer's day might ideally have heard his songs. This album made classical best-seller charts in the autumn of 2023.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Roderick Williams, MainArtist - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist - Rowan Pierce, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Roderick Williams, MainArtist - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Roderick Williams, MainArtist - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist - Rowan Pierce, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Roderick Williams, MainArtist - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist - Rowan Pierce, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Roderick Williams, MainArtist - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist - Rowan Pierce, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Roderick Williams, MainArtist - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist - Rowan Pierce, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Roderick Williams, MainArtist - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Roderick Williams, MainArtist - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist - Rowan Pierce, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Roderick Williams, MainArtist - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist - Rowan Pierce, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Roderick Williams, MainArtist - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist - Rowan Pierce, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Roderick Williams, MainArtist - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist - Rowan Pierce, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist - Rowan Pierce, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Roderick Williams, MainArtist - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Franz Schubert, Composer - PUBLIC DOMAIN, MusicPublisher - Roderick Williams, MainArtist - Christopher Glynn, MainArtist
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
Album review
It has been frequently observed that 19th century audiences liked to hear opera in their own languages. How true this was for art song is less clear, but poet Jeremy Sams is making a strong case for the procedure. This is the fourth in a series of releases by the present performers, and others have recorded his translations as well. He has a fine feeling for the way Schubert was drawn to simplicity; he has sometimes been charged with setting inferior verse, but what he needed as poetry that stated its basic idea and then, so to speak, got out of his way. Sams gives the texts a natural feeling that is hard to replicate for listeners who are not German, even if they speak the language well. Consider Wild Rose, D. 257, which is the famed Heidenröslein; this title scans easily, and the listener is drawn into the immediacy of the text. There are a couple of Goethe texts, but they are songlike excerpts; Sams and the performers probably do well to stay away from his more philosophical poetry. The singers -- baritone Roderick Williams and soprano Rowan Pierce -- emphasize directness and text intelligibility, and accompanist Christopher Glynn properly keeps close to the meter. Pierce hangs out on the bottom side of the pitch sometimes, and listeners can decide for themselves whether this is troublesome. However, it is hard to escape the idea that, at some level, this recording presents Schubert as non-German audiences of the composer's day might ideally have heard his songs. This album made classical best-seller charts in the autumn of 2023.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:30
- Main artists: Christopher Glynn Roderick Williams Rowan Pierce
- Composer: Franz Schubert
- Label: Signum Records
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
(C) 2023 Signum Classics (P) 2023 Signum Records
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