It's a shame this particlular upload shows the singer out of synch with the sound. I wonder if anyone could replace it with the same video clip in perfect synchronisation?
Felicity Lott's power and her marvellous diction makes this version excptional.
Tennyson's poem is so descriptive of nature and the mystery of love, that you need this clarity and emphasis on the words. It is an extraordinarily compressed and compacted range of thoughts, images from nature and emotions. Words and music are inseparable, so the singer must present the narrative with this degree of precision.
I absolutely agree with you! ^^ Research is everything, or at least the thing that will definitely flavor the music. :D
One of the things that I look at is the brightness of her tone and the clarity in which she expresses her emotions - but English songs, like mystery and subtlety to the music :D
Thank you. You see, one of the main characteristics in English is darkness and mystery, as generally England is something a dark island, very well known for the 'darkness', not necessarily in a bad way.
It means, that unlike Italians, English composers like to cover their emotions, and prefer to show them more subtly. ^^
Lovely. Ian Bostridge is also worth a listen search bostridge+crimson.
jamianpal 6 months ago
Thomas Allen sings a beautiful rendition of this,.
12DNWM 6 months ago
It's a shame this particlular upload shows the singer out of synch with the sound. I wonder if anyone could replace it with the same video clip in perfect synchronisation?
Felicity Lott's power and her marvellous diction makes this version excptional.
Bouncybon 9 months ago
Wonderful song, from this lovely version to Paul Robeson..........
What choice, what richness.
harryfaber 1 year ago
This is literally the best version of this I've heard. It is SUCH a difficult song to sing well!
chocolatecauldrons 1 year ago
@chocolatecauldrons I agree!! I have to sing it for solo fest, and its challenging but beautiful and I love it =]
BarrelRacingChamp1 1 year ago
beautiful, her expressions were distracting however, she isn't very subtle like the song would call for
lillyclown 1 year ago
@lillyclown I don't quite agree.
Tennyson's poem is so descriptive of nature and the mystery of love, that you need this clarity and emphasis on the words. It is an extraordinarily compressed and compacted range of thoughts, images from nature and emotions. Words and music are inseparable, so the singer must present the narrative with this degree of precision.
Bouncybon 9 months ago
@Bouncybon
SHE SINGS THIS WITH GRAHAM JOHNSON IN THE DVDd CELEBRATING THEIR MUSICAL PARTNERSHIP OF 30 YEARS.IT IS A MORE INFORMAL AND REALLY BEAUTIFUL OCCASION.
I WISH I COULD RECORD IT FROM THE DVD!
12DNWM 7 months ago
@12DNWM You need a DVD ripper, I use the MagicDVDRipper myself for snips.
The DVD you mention is "Fallen Women and Virtuous Wives"
jamianpal 6 months ago
@jamianpal How do I acqyuire tbhis magic DVD ripper?
12DNWM 6 months ago
@12DNWM You can download it from the magicdvdripper website. Not free unfortunately.
jamianpal 6 months ago
I absolutely agree with you! ^^ Research is everything, or at least the thing that will definitely flavor the music. :D
One of the things that I look at is the brightness of her tone and the clarity in which she expresses her emotions - but English songs, like mystery and subtlety to the music :D
SebastienLoong 2 years ago
Thank you. You see, one of the main characteristics in English is darkness and mystery, as generally England is something a dark island, very well known for the 'darkness', not necessarily in a bad way.
It means, that unlike Italians, English composers like to cover their emotions, and prefer to show them more subtly. ^^
SebastienLoong 2 years ago
I think there needs to be a stronger feeling of melancholy and sobreness... Rather than too much force.
SebastienLoong 2 years ago
It sung with a Rossini happy-do Italian aria rather than a the dark melancholy mystery and irony that lies at the very heart of English song,
But then again, she IS an opera singer.
I think Stephen Hough's piano transcription is perhaps a more appropriate interpretation. ^^
SebastienLoong 2 years ago
she left out half the poem!!
kalindoscopy 2 years ago
Beautiful lady
petshopgirl72 2 years ago 2
SO BEAUTIFUL.
iamrowen 3 years ago 9
i love roger quilter
noleboi2006 3 years ago 6
Incredibly she sounds like she did 30 years ago!
1SugarNSpice 3 years ago
danke für die Sendung!
yuehchopin 3 years ago