The Sea
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Composer or Director: Traditional, Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Johannes Brahms, William Walton, Franz Schubert, Joseph Haydn, Robert Schumann, Charles Ives, John (Nicholson) Ireland, Alexander Borodin, Charles Dibdin, Felix Mendelssohn, Hector Berlioz, Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf
Label: Hyperion
Magazine Review Date: 10/1985
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: CDA66165

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Sea Fever |
John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer
John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
(6) Original Canzonettas, Book 1, Movement: The Mermaid's Song |
Joseph Haydn, Composer
Joseph Haydn, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
(6) Original Canzonettas, Book 2, Movement: Sailor's Song |
Joseph Haydn, Composer
Joseph Haydn, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
Tom Bowling |
Charles Dibdin, Composer
Charles Dibdin, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
(A) Song for the Lord Mayor's Table, Movement: Wapping Old Stairs |
William Walton, Composer
Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano William Walton, Composer |
Eichendorff Lieder, Movement: Seemanns Abschied |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
(3) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Les berceaux (wds. Prudhomme: 1879) |
Gabriel Fauré, Composer
Gabriel Fauré, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
(4) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Au cimetière (wds. Richepin: 1888) |
Gabriel Fauré, Composer
Gabriel Fauré, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
(L)'Horizon chimérique |
Gabriel Fauré, Composer
Gabriel Fauré, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
(The) Sea |
Alexander Borodin, Composer
Alexander Borodin, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
(The) Sea Princess |
Alexander Borodin, Composer
Alexander Borodin, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
Proses lyriques, Movement: De grève |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
Swimmers |
Charles Ives, Composer
Charles Ives, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
(5) Heitere Gesänge, Movement: No. 1, Die Meerfee (wds. Buddeus) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Robert Schumann, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
(Les) Nuits d'été, Movement: L'île inconnue |
Hector Berlioz, Composer
Hector Berlioz, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
Wasserfahrt |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
(3) Duets, Movement: Die Meere (wds. trad Ital) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
(The) Mermaid |
Traditional, Composer
Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano Thomas Allen, Baritone Traditional, Composer |
Sail on, sail on |
Traditional, Composer
Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano Thomas Allen, Baritone Traditional, Composer |
Composer or Director: Traditional, Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Johannes Brahms, William Walton, Franz Schubert, Joseph Haydn, Robert Schumann, Charles Ives, John (Nicholson) Ireland, Alexander Borodin, Charles Dibdin, Felix Mendelssohn, Hector Berlioz, Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf
Label: Hyperion
Magazine Review Date: 10/1985
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
ADD
Catalogue Number: A66165

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Sea Fever |
John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer
John (Nicholson) Ireland, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
(6) Original Canzonettas, Book 1, Movement: The Mermaid's Song |
Joseph Haydn, Composer
Joseph Haydn, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
(6) Original Canzonettas, Book 2, Movement: Sailor's Song |
Joseph Haydn, Composer
Joseph Haydn, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
Tom Bowling |
Charles Dibdin, Composer
Charles Dibdin, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
(A) Song for the Lord Mayor's Table, Movement: Wapping Old Stairs |
William Walton, Composer
Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano William Walton, Composer |
Eichendorff Lieder, Movement: Seemanns Abschied |
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer
Hugo (Filipp Jakob) Wolf, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
(3) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Les berceaux (wds. Prudhomme: 1879) |
Gabriel Fauré, Composer
Gabriel Fauré, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
(4) Songs, Movement: No. 2, Au cimetière (wds. Richepin: 1888) |
Gabriel Fauré, Composer
Gabriel Fauré, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
(L)'Horizon chimérique |
Gabriel Fauré, Composer
Gabriel Fauré, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
Lied eines Schiffers an die Dioskuren |
Franz Schubert, Composer
Franz Schubert, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
(The) Sea |
Alexander Borodin, Composer
Alexander Borodin, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
(The) Sea Princess |
Alexander Borodin, Composer
Alexander Borodin, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
Proses lyriques, Movement: De grève |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
Swimmers |
Charles Ives, Composer
Charles Ives, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
(5) Heitere Gesänge, Movement: No. 1, Die Meerfee (wds. Buddeus) |
Robert Schumann, Composer
Robert Schumann, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
(Les) Nuits d'été, Movement: L'île inconnue |
Hector Berlioz, Composer
Hector Berlioz, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
Wasserfahrt |
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
(3) Duets, Movement: Die Meere (wds. trad Ital) |
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Johannes Brahms, Composer Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano Thomas Allen, Baritone |
(The) Mermaid |
Traditional, Composer
Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano Thomas Allen, Baritone Traditional, Composer |
Sail on, sail on |
Traditional, Composer
Roger Vignoles, Piano Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano Thomas Allen, Baritone Traditional, Composer |
Author: Michael Oliver
They are grouped in six 'chapters', each with its own title ( ''The Cradle and the Grave'', ''Departures'' and so on) with Ireland's Sea Fever as epigraph and Brahms's charming barcarolle-duet Die Meere as an ideally chosen envoi; the programme planning even allows room for a jovial mid-point intermezzo, The Mermaid (to rhyme with marr-i-ed), which Roger Vignoles's arrangement equips with joyous cries of ''sploosh!'' and a whizzingly nimble accompaniment. Having heard Haydn's jolly sailor (Allen, in splendid voice throughout, adds a couple of ornaments to his vocal line), it is agreeable to notice what a close musical relative his mermaid is (she probably has tattoos and a jaunty hat); but then how blithely innocent she is, set against Borodin's sultrily alluring maritime Lorelei (and if all Borodin's songs, we add, are this good, why are they so rarely sung?). We observe Debussy fancifully likening the waves to rippling silk or to an ''English water-colour'' (and in doing so he reminds us both of La mer and of La cathedrale engloutie) but taking care not to get his feet wet; it takes Charles Ives to leap in with a splash, roaring that he will master the waters, not be their slave.
Sarah Walker's command of sustained quiet singing and her sincerity and simplicity of utterance are as well suited to Tom Bowling (a deeply touching performance) as to her meditative pieces Faure pieces (though she could here have made just a fraction more of the words), while Thomas Allen ranges from a well-nigh flawless account of Sea Fever to a splendidly urgent reading of Wolf's Seemanns Abschied: between these he brings good line and forward movement to his miniature Faure cycle, taken a touch fast, perhaps, but with a warmth of tone that is ideal for it and a lovely negotiation of the difficult lift to the second verse of ''Diane, Selene'' (
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