PAUL ROBESON- NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL

PAUL ROBESON-BASS-NOW SLEEPS THE CRIMSON PETAL-R. QUILTER.

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Music

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• CANTO
• LIRICO

[Doromir]

Funny. This is actually sung in the 'high' key, an octave down. Saves all that transposing (if you can do it)

[sarastrone]

No creo que usted solo,se haya dado cuenta de que esta cancion esta cantada una octava mas grave respecto de la de otros que la cantan una octava mas aguda. Señor mio,las partituras,estan para cantarlas en el tono que a uno le vaya mejor a su voz y se pueden cantar a tono, mas graves o mas agudas,a mi personalmente solo me gusta de forma grave y por Paul Roberson, las demas me parecen versiones agudas de la de Robeson,creo que usted con todo respeto no conoce nada de Paul Robeson.Un saludo.

[LindsayCurran]

Such lines for lovers, from Alfred Lord Tennyson -

..."The firefly wakens; waken thou with me...

Now all thy heart lies open unto me -

So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip

Into my bosom and be lost in me."

Robeson's cadence and bass - superb!

Many thanks, sarastrone!

[sarastrone]

@LindsayCurran Thank you my dear..Kiss.

[Bicicletasaladas]

@sarastrone

Mejor respuesta a un comentario...ever.

[devastaticon]

@LindsayCurran "Now all thy heart lies open unto me" isn't in this song

[harryfaber]

Sublime.

[saltburner2]

I was astonished to find that he sings it in the same key as Ian Bostridge [F#],

but exactly an octave lower. Some of Robeson's lower notes here are not exactly beautiful.

[meltzerboy]

Beautiful singing of a lovely song by the great bass. Not typical fare for Robeson, yet his style is very good. No, neither the tone nor technique is perfect, but there is a rightness of expression in the singing.