Stuart Burrows The Rose of Tralee Mary of Argyle

Stuart Burrows, as well as being a great Mozartian tenor, was a passionate exponent of the parlour song and traditional ballad.Here he sings "The Rose of Tralee" and "Mary of Argyle". These are available in a Decca box-set.

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[peternw3]

what a beautiful voice, so clear and sweet. Is there no end of wonderful singers from Wales? Stuart reminds me of John MacCormack in many ways. As they say in Wales :Ardderchog:

[Manxypop]

WOW - no comment could do justice to this perfection!

[voiceofreason44]

Magnificent singing by Stuart Burrows but as a Welsh person I have to say that the comments from Mrzygoticmynci has really made me laugh. I well remember this Mrs Lewis (a nutter of the village) and it seems as if her genes have been passed on to her relative. What a strange, deranged human being this Mrzygoticmynci seems to be. As for Stuart Burrows, always a gentleman and well respected as a teacher and the great artist he became.

[Gamberist]

A beautiful song and voice!

[MrZygoticmynci]

@cestmoi94 Thank you. Pleasure doing business with you. Should hope he remembers the walloping he received from Mrs Lewis.

[MrZygoticmynci]

@cestmoi94 As for making a case of defamation, well there are plenty of people who can back up the story. The school in which he taught was Ysgol Lewis (Lewis School). This is from Wikipedia: "In 1986 the school was criticised by STOPP for its use of corporal punishment (caning), after an inspectors' report stated that 60 out of 360 boys in the lower school had been caned in the course of one year." And that was in the 80s! Here's a bit of irony for you; that school was founded by a relative.

[MrZygoticmynci]

@cestmoi94 And if you believe that caning was acceptable, which is the impression I get, then you are seriously misguided. Using violence achieves nothing. I've heard and read countless stories where punishment was unfairly administered by teachers abusing their power, which is often the case with authority figures.

[MrZygoticmynci]

@cestmoi94 Agreed, in response to being a good critic. However, with comments like 'Doubt I will ever hear of you!', you do come across as quite arrogant. Are you that important I will have heard of you?

[MrZygoticmynci]

@cestmoi94 Why did you delete your previous comment? Music critic...so in others words, you're a failed musician?

[MrZygoticmynci]

@cestmoi94 He had a cricket stump, which he affectionately called Johnny Walker. If that's not sick, then I don't know what is. Although it was legal to cane children, it doesn't make it right. It's still abuse and exploitation of power and authority. If you must know, my father works for the Welsh Government. As for my nan, she is 88 and is still tough as old boots and will outlive this horrid man. I myself am a musician and composer. Watch this space.