Paul Carey Jones "Come away, death!" (Piano: Jane Samuel)

[paidio]

stuck all with yew (pun?) stuck all with you...

[paolosu83]

listen the battiato version of this song

[BluesGee]

this is my favourite setting of the text, far more emotive than quilters in my opinion.

[groov3child]

Thanks for your video. I used screenshots to transcribe it for guitar piece when I played Feste in Twelfth night.

Standing in a light drizzle, dressed in motley, singing this to three hundred rapt people and rying not to get a lump in my throat.

Such a beautiful song.

[mbrsart]

I'm learning this one for my voice lessons!

[CrystalFlames]

ily

[pianomags]

civileso, your posts are SO VERY HELPFUL to music students and musicians, thank you!

[godzooke]

Great diction and rich sounding voice. Piano playing is a bit plonky tho and not matching the singer's line...listen to how Julius Drake plays this piece...mmm!

[keybawd]

@godzooke Where can I hear Julius Drake in this song and who is he accompanying?

[THEHaataja]

This is a great study tool thanks! And you performed it superbly!

[minihendy]

Beautiful tone, meaning and understanding of the words and great dynamic detail.

I am singing the Madeleine Dring version of Come away, death for my A Level Recital and I wish I had this mans tone. I think i prefer this arrangement. Madeleine Dring has been more daring with the accompaniment in her arrangement. However, the simplicity in this arrangement mirrors these vocals which sound so simple yet it is challenging to sing.

Going to listen again as it is just excellent.

[porippon]

Just love this Gerald Finzi's work. My late husband used to sing this so beautifully.......

[godspunk15]

this piece is ridiculously hard to sing.

[BluesGee]

@godspunk15 especially for the baritone! it is so trying to put the d (right in the tessatura) in the first phrase of the piece, it is hard, but it is clever writing by finzi; perhaps better done by a tenor with a warm middle register

[Moochaman23]

very well done

[trumpetmaster1981]

phenomenal piece, absolutely beautiful... very well done. thanks for posting this I'm singing it in my voice lessons and this has been a big help=)

[TheEternalTriumphant]

Thank you, such a good post! I'm very curious how you created it. Did you do this manually (oh boy, hah) or is there some program for it?

[civileso]

I use Windows Movie Maker and MS Paint. But they don't do anything by themselves unless you manipulate them yourself. So, yep, it is a lot of work to put these together (more so since I improved the overall quality in my more recent videos).

Thanks :)

[ShakespeareFlix]

Thanks again, civileso.

[Trish4eldiez]

Paul, you rocked w this piece. I love it.

[eeread86]

I think he has a stunning rich sound, however, not always bang on with intonation. Several times under the note on this recording. Prefer bryn Terfel doing this song with Malcolm martineu on the piano.

[platinump90]

Isn't that come away, come away, death.. from quilter? Or is there a recording of the finzi somewhere?

[elliotf282]

this is the Finzi.

[yuehchopin]

danke für die Sendung

[02kissme]

Beautiful, rich, somewhat Thomas Hampson-type voice! YUM! Wonderful interpretation and diction!!!

[liliSOSOilil]

I LOVE THIS PIECE OF ART

I have it along with 4 others on a CD gifted from my sister ...

his voice is ... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah !!!!!!

heaven ? more ? ... :)

[kittykatisha]

lovely interpretation. I am singing this next month so good to hear it sung properly.

I am also doing Madeleine Dring setting which is equally gorgeous - though can't find any recordings to listen to at work .

[hymnforlorca]

Finzi's is definitely my favourite setting of this but I enjoy Quilter's too. I think the former has more melancholy to it, which I appreciate. My favourite interpretation so far, though I've only heard a few, is that of the New Zealand bass-baritone, Teddy Tahu Rhodes. His CD 'Vagabond' has many songs in this style including Vaughan William's 'Songs of Travel' cycle and is one of my favourite albums.

[Missbasilicum]

I like Roger Quilter's setting of the text much better!

[NubianKingofHearts]

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes!

[civileso]

Exactly, LOL:))

[burns63]

Finzi's is my favorite setting of this text and you do a wonderful job with it. You really give the words their due without sounding scholastic about it.

[corpsus]

The best one so far ...I downloaded it from music . download . com , i don't think is this one ,but it's a piece that i listen to every day ... And is one that you must add to favorite ... in my "Easy Listen" Folder . Thx ...

[midnitemill]

I love this Piece ..Very Complicatied.. but Nice!

[dalem]

This is great.. but quite hard to sing :(

i hate 6ths and 7ths.

and thanks again for the cantata domino thinymabob, i'll get a recording done soon, maybe in 2 weeks or so.

[civileso]

Glad you liked it. I love this piece a lot plus Paul's interpretation. And yes, I'll be waiting for your recording patiently..

[Vatsek]

Excellent job.

[civileso]

Thanks for adding to your favorites, I know I will, althought it is my own vid.. But I am not the singer or the composer, so I can, right?:)))