HARRY PLUNKET GREEN - 1934 HURDY GURDY MAN - SCHUBERT Der Leiermann - Wintterreise

[DanielPJMMAS]

This is beautiful, thanks SO much for the download; in my Favorites for sure!!!

[rupepill]

Cut crystal clear diction, a virtue which this fine singer shared with his fellow Dubliner, George Bernard Shaw. The relishing of words almost seems at odds with the bleakness of the story told.

[EdmundStAustell]

Very well done indeed. And congratulations and thanks for all the trouble that went into the video production. It's very engaging. Quintessence of melancholy!

[CurzonRoad]

Great, wonderful recording.... THANK YOU!

[yingdat]

I have this recording and the 1904 "Abschied" in EMI's 6-CD set "Schubert Lieder on Record". This recording sends shiver down my spine every time. There is much to say for hearing lyrics one understands even though no doubt something is lost in the translation.

Greene was 69 when he recorded this. A friend remarked, "This is like Burl Ives singing Schubert!" Well, I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing :-)

[sanfranphono]

@yingdat I think it's a marvellous recording, and the lyrics are very smart, not a literal translation, but one with new, pungent images.

Funny that you mention burl ives, I just got a set of Richard Dyer-Bennett doing Beethoven's Scottish songs (which are of course in English).

[AulicExclusiva]

Haunting.

[luppitt1]

Hi, if you're still looking the only CD I've found is by Cheyne Records (CHE 44386). It has 20 tracks stretching right back from the mid 1930s (he died aged 71 in 1936) to 1904. There are two Schubert Lieder (this one and the Abschied) but it is mainly (and very enjoyably) Irish and English folk and music hall songs.

[MrFoxhunter123456]

@luppitt1 Thanks for the reply it is much appreciated !

[luppitt1]

@MrFoxhunter123456 I read "Where the Bright Waters Meet" nearly forty years ago and it kindled a life-long passion for flyfishing. Recently I gave myself a birthday present of a day's fishing on Plunket Greene's water on the Bourne at Hurstbourne Priors, a truly magical experience. I very much hope you enjoy his singing as much as I did.

[MrFoxhunter123456]

@luppitt1 Did you catch any trout over 2lb?did you use an iron blue?are there any brown trout in the bourne?did yuo fish the stretch below the viaduct? i was there over the bank holiday and took photos from the little bridge from the spot that Merrick Bovill must have set up his equiment.

[luppitt1]

@MrFoxhunter123456 Decent population of wild brownies mostly in the 1 to 2lb range, I rose and hooked 3 on the dry fly (one on an Iron Blue) but caught only one (about 1 1/4lbs) on (look away now, Plunket Greene) a nymph. Extenuating circumstances are that it had its nose buried deep in a weed bed where it was obviously rootling for shrimp, I caught it right under the rod tip while thigh deep in the water. This was just below the bridge you mention where the stream runs close to the road.

[venividiu]

Plunket Greene also published 'Charles Villiers Stanford' (publ. London, 1935, Edward Arnold), a memoir/biography of the great composer and teacher. His language is rather flowery, but it is full of fascinating anecdotes and should be read by anyone who wants to find out what Stanford was really like.

[MrFoxhunter123456]

harry plunket green wrote two books,an interpretation of song .and where the bright waters meet,which is the best chalk stream trout fishing book i have read.harry is buried in the church graveyard at hurstbourne priors hampshire england next to his beloved trout stream.the grave stone only says harry plunket green singer.doyou have any information about any cd that are available? thanks.

[MrFoxhunter123456]

do you have any other stuff by harry p g .

[sanfranphono]

No I don't, but he made a good number of records, which should be avalaible on CD compilations.

[transformingArt]

Never heard about this singer, but a wonderful English version. Thanks for posting this!