Bryn Terfel: The Verbier Recital (Live)

Bryn Terfel, Llyr Williams

Released on 27-05-2022 by Verbier Festival Gold
Main artists: Bryn Terfel Llyr Williams
Genre: Klassiek

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Over the years, the Verbier Festival has earned a global reputation for bringin together the world’s biggest stars and promising young artists. Recently, the Swiss festival joined forces with Deutsche Grammophon and announced the launch of the Verbier Festival Gold label, which intends to publish the festivals vast archives at a rate of one publication per month. After Verdi’s Requiem conducted by Gianandrea Noseda and an album dedicated to pianist Yuja Wang, here we have Bryn Terfel’s recital which he performed in the Alps with pianist Llyr in 2011.

In the nineteenth century, the beautiful Swiss mountains inspired the imaginations of numerous writers, painters and musicians. A regular at this festival, Bryn Terfel focused his recital programme on a small number of Schubert Lieder, including the sumptuous Liebesbotschaft (“Love message”), as well as Schumann’s great Liederkreis, Op. 39. It was fitting that he performed this with the Swiss Alps as a backdrop.

The Welsh baritone had already recorded the vast Schumann cycle for DG with Malcom Martineau in 1999, and his vocals are equally breath-taking in this Verbier recording. His sensational diction and phrasing are coupled with beautiful expression. Something that really stands out on this recording is the increased power in his vocals, likely a result of the audience’s support and his recent involvement with Wagnerian operas that no doubt helped expand and strengthen his bass tone. Somewhat curiously, this high-level recital continued with Jacques Ibert’s Chansons de Don Quichotte and the Five Shakespeare Songs by British composer Roger Quilter. Bryn Terfel and his pianist generously provided numerous encore performances, appeasing the insatiable audience that kept asking for more. © François Hudry/Qobuz

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Bryn Terfel: The Verbier Recital (Live)

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Schwanengesang, D. 957 (Franz Schubert)

I. Liebesbotschaft (Live)

00:03:04

Manuel Lopez, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Ian Watson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Franz Schubert, Composer - Anna Barry, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Bryn Terfel, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Llyr Williams, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin T:son Engstroem, Producer, Executive Producer - Ludwig Heinrich Friedrich Rellstab, Author - John Helyar, Producer - Kali Son, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johannes Gleim, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Markus Kettner, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2022 Verbier Festival Gold

Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D. 343 (Live)

00:03:38

Manuel Lopez, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Ian Watson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Franz Schubert, Composer - Anna Barry, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel - Bryn Terfel, Bass-Baritone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Johann Georg Jacobi, Author - Llyr Williams, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Martin T:son Engstroem, Producer, Executive Producer - John Helyar, Producer - Kali Son, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johannes Gleim, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Markus Kettner, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2022 Verbier Festival Gold

Liederkreis, Op. 39 (Robert Schumann)

I. In der Fremde (Live)