Meirion Williams Songs
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Composer or Director: Meiron Williams
Label: Sain
Magazine Review Date: 8/1993
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: C2013
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Aros Mae'r Mynyddau Mawr, '(The) Mountains Remain' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Gwynfyd, 'Paradise' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Awelon y Mynydd, 'Mountain Breezes' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| O Fab y Dyn, 'O! Son of Man' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Y Llyn, '(The) Lake' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Cloch y Llan, '(The) Church Bell' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Rhosyn yr Haf, 'Summer Rose' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Ora Pro Nobis, 'Pray for Us' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Ffarwel iti, Cymru, 'Farewell, fair Wales' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Pan Ddaw'r Nos, 'When Night Comes' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Adlewych, 'Reflection' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
Composer or Director: Meiron Williams
Label: Sain
Magazine Review Date: 8/1993
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 60
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: SCDC2013
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| Aros Mae'r Mynyddau Mawr, '(The) Mountains Remain' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Gwynfyd, 'Paradise' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Awelon y Mynydd, 'Mountain Breezes' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| O Fab y Dyn, 'O! Son of Man' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Y Llyn, '(The) Lake' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Cloch y Llan, '(The) Church Bell' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Rhosyn yr Haf, 'Summer Rose' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Ora Pro Nobis, 'Pray for Us' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Ffarwel iti, Cymru, 'Farewell, fair Wales' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Pan Ddaw'r Nos, 'When Night Comes' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
| Adlewych, 'Reflection' |
Meiron Williams, Composer
Annette Bryn Parri, Piano Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone Meiron Williams, Composer |
Author:
Bryn Terfel, Gramophone's 1992 Young Artist of the Year, is a highly accomplished singer, skilled in some of the most sophisticated and technically difficult of vocal music, but he also has (in addition to his magnificent voice) something which most modern 'classical' singers lack, which I'll risk calling a touch of the primitive. Rather as some of the singers of old (Chaliapin pre-eminently, but, nearer home, an old-fashioned 'ballad' singer such as Harry Dearth), he has a confidence in instinct, a frank willingness to show what the voice will do (a solid bass at one time, almost a silvery tenor at another, a mighty opening-up of tone or a mere intimation), and he puts all these arts to good purpose here.
Because I assume that the songs which he performs with such conviction mean a good deal to him, and to many likely listeners, it would not behove a relatively disengaged critic to 'place' them. Briefly, they are melodious and yet composed, often, of melodic phrases that recall in passing many another melody. The accompaniments are of a sort that falls readily beneath the fingers, Quilterish yet not so characteristic. The short cycle Adlewych (''Reflection'') is recorded here for the first time and was written as a commission from BBC Wales when the composer was nearly 70: again pleasant enough (the fifth song, called ''Evening'', particularly so), yet as a cycle it needs a wider range of mood and style. Annette Bryn Parri plays sympathetically throughout, and the recording allows the voice plenty of presence.'
Because I assume that the songs which he performs with such conviction mean a good deal to him, and to many likely listeners, it would not behove a relatively disengaged critic to 'place' them. Briefly, they are melodious and yet composed, often, of melodic phrases that recall in passing many another melody. The accompaniments are of a sort that falls readily beneath the fingers, Quilterish yet not so characteristic. The short cycle Adlewych (''Reflection'') is recorded here for the first time and was written as a commission from BBC Wales when the composer was nearly 70: again pleasant enough (the fifth song, called ''Evening'', particularly so), yet as a cycle it needs a wider range of mood and style. Annette Bryn Parri plays sympathetically throughout, and the recording allows the voice plenty of presence.'
Meirion Williams Songs
Meirion Williams Songs
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