UPC: 028947787686
Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: Nov 02, 2010
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Liner Note Author: Bryn Terfel .
Photographers: Sven Sindt; Anja Frers; Benjamin Ealovega; Mei Lewis.
Bryn Terfel brings his large, resonant baritone to an eclectic mix of carols and Christmas songs. Terfel is in fine voice, and the album should have strong appeal for listeners looking for a grand, operatic treatment of this repertoire. The disc is made up of songs and carols in English, German, and Spanish, and a bonus disc is devoted to pieces sung in Terfel's native Welsh, several of them of Welsh origin, but most of which are traditional carols in translation. The Welsh National Opera Orchestra, capably led by Tecwyn Evans, provides an atmospheric accompaniment. Terfel is joined on several tracks by guest artists, including tenor Rolando Villazón, harpist Catrin Finch, and on the Welsh CD, soprano Gwawr Edwards, the Nidus Children's Choir and Only Men Aloud. Through the marvels of technology, Terfel joins in with Bing Crosby on "White Christmas." The arrangements, most of them by Mack Wilberg or Chris Hazell, are fun and inventive. Deutsche Grammophon's sound is clean, warm, and nicely ambient.
Photographers: Sven Sindt; Anja Frers; Benjamin Ealovega; Mei Lewis.
Bryn Terfel brings his large, resonant baritone to an eclectic mix of carols and Christmas songs. Terfel is in fine voice, and the album should have strong appeal for listeners looking for a grand, operatic treatment of this repertoire. The disc is made up of songs and carols in English, German, and Spanish, and a bonus disc is devoted to pieces sung in Terfel's native Welsh, several of them of Welsh origin, but most of which are traditional carols in translation. The Welsh National Opera Orchestra, capably led by Tecwyn Evans, provides an atmospheric accompaniment. Terfel is joined on several tracks by guest artists, including tenor Rolando Villazón, harpist Catrin Finch, and on the Welsh CD, soprano Gwawr Edwards, the Nidus Children's Choir and Only Men Aloud. Through the marvels of technology, Terfel joins in with Bing Crosby on "White Christmas." The arrangements, most of them by Mack Wilberg or Chris Hazell, are fun and inventive. Deutsche Grammophon's sound is clean, warm, and nicely ambient.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - O Come, All Ye Faithful
2 - White Christmas
3 - Still, still, still (Hush, Hush, Hush)
4 - In the Bleak Midwinter
5 - El nacimiento (The Birth)
6 - O Holy Night
7 - Shepherd's Pipe Carol
8 - Away in a Manger
9 - O Jesulein zart (O Gentle Little Jesus)
10 - Candlelight Carol
11 - Mary's Boy Child
12 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
13 - Silent Night
14 - Wexford Carol
15 - What Child Is This?
Disc 2:
1 - O Come, All Ye Faithful
2 - Still, still, still
3 - Away in a Manger
4 - Candlelight Carol
5 - Silent Night
6 - Tua Bethlem Dref (To Bethlehem)
7 - What Child Is This?
8 - In the Bleak Midwinter
9 - Nadolig? Pwy a Wyr? (Christmas? Who Knows?)
10 - Gwyl y Baban (The Baby's Day)
1 - O Come, All Ye Faithful
2 - White Christmas
3 - Still, still, still (Hush, Hush, Hush)
4 - In the Bleak Midwinter
5 - El nacimiento (The Birth)
6 - O Holy Night
7 - Shepherd's Pipe Carol
8 - Away in a Manger
9 - O Jesulein zart (O Gentle Little Jesus)
10 - Candlelight Carol
11 - Mary's Boy Child
12 - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
13 - Silent Night
14 - Wexford Carol
15 - What Child Is This?
Disc 2:
1 - O Come, All Ye Faithful
2 - Still, still, still
3 - Away in a Manger
4 - Candlelight Carol
5 - Silent Night
6 - Tua Bethlem Dref (To Bethlehem)
7 - What Child Is This?
8 - In the Bleak Midwinter
9 - Nadolig? Pwy a Wyr? (Christmas? Who Knows?)
10 - Gwyl y Baban (The Baby's Day)