Thomas Allen - The Roadside Fire
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Uploaded by schweitzer006325 on May 20, 2009
Sir Thomas Allen performs 'The Roadside Fire', the third of nine songs in Ralph Vaughan Williams' song cycle, 'Songs of Travel'.
Sir Thomas Allen, baritone
Simon Rattle
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
1983
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@troubadour0 Wonderful orchestration, absolutely great!
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@Krolblach Funny how you say it "trivialises Vaughan Williams' heartfelt emotion" because he arranged the song for orchestra himself.
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So fantastic... Doing this one for Texas State Solo and Ensemble :) fantastic song, sung exquisitely... bravo :)
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@ComradeDeath I know, I've been singing to it most of my life lol. 'Simple' was just a turn of phrase :P
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@Krolblach I agree about Sir Thomas' lovely performance AND the accompaniment. The "Songs of Travel" are among my favorites, and they sound so much better with just a singer and piano.
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Lovely sensitive performance with a good variety of tone, but I still prefer simple piano accompaniment to full orchestra! Of course it is very nice at times, particularly the "The fine song for singing" part, but overall I find it trivialises Vaughn Williams' heartfelt emotion somewhat.
Krolblach 2 years ago
I understand what you mean. Allen actually recorded the same song in a recital a couple of years ago with the original piano accompaniment along with 'Let Beauty Awake'. Both versions are quite lovely.
schweitzer006325 2 years ago