Thomas Allen sings Britten's "Winter Words"
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- Опубликовано: 17 янв 2013
- There'll be lots of Britten performances this year - here's one that is definitely worth hearing:
Thomas Allen, baritone
Roger Vignoles, piano
Wigmore Hall, 18 April 2000
Benjamin Britten "Winter Words":
1. At Day-close in November
2. Midnight on the Great Western
3. Wagtail and Baby
4. The little old Table
5. The Choirmaster's Burial
6. Proud Songsters
7. At the Railway Station, Upway
8. Before Life and after 
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"Tenors: listen to it and weep" - you've made my day! I agree about Vignoles too - stellar form throughout the entire concert.
This is one of my favourite works in the whole of British music. Pace Sir Peter but I have never heard it sung so simply and so movingly. The Choirmaster's Burial set the bar so high I don't think that it can be surpassed. Wonderful.
This is f%&*ing incredible. Tenors: listen to it and weep. As far as I am concerned, this is a baritone cycle from now on!! ;-) Roger Vignoles is in stellar form also.
after lstening to sir allen sing this cycle, im convinced that ian bostridges cd didnt due brittens winter words justice.
thank you, sir allen. simply stated, you sublimely sing this song cycle.
Glad you like it. The whole recital was very beautiful (English songs only) - it's one of my all-time favourite Allen recitals.
My pleasure!
Totally amazing. I was so moved by this, thanks so much
It's the most gorgeous thing I've ever heard !! I love Thomas Allen. What a noble spirit and voice. Have the pieces been transposed down, do you think ?
I haven’t listened to them all but the first few are the original key!
Oh yes! Shall I make it my next upload?
FYI:
6:05 = Wagtail and Baby
8:20 = The little old table
9:45 = The Choirmaster's Burial
This is the vocal technique that must be listened to
2:01
This might be transposed down a half step, but I don't think so...having sung this before.
I assume it means 'oh yeah' or something along these lines...:)
So, I have no problem with Thomas Allen. He sounds amazing of course. However, to those saying it's better for baritone now just because of him, please keep in mind that Britten wrote these for pears, specifically for a his type of tenor if I'm not mistaken. Every ones entitled to opinion....it's just...it's Britten....and I just want what Britten had in mind.
don't forget that composers are still, in the end, men, and sometimes they make mistakes, out of various different reasons....
@@EvaCorbettaSoprano I agree, but not in this case. He wrote rightly for Pears, a Tenor... The Tenor.
@@EvaCorbettaSoprano and women...