Schubert in English Vol. 4
Roderick Williams (baritone), Rowan Pierce (soprano), Christopher Glynn (piano)
There’s nothing at all reverential about Jeremy Sams’s translations of the 21 songs here. They are witty, fit the music like an expensive glove and tell good stories, but, importantly, they...
Schubert in English Vol. 4
Roderick Williams (baritone), Rowan Pierce (soprano), Christopher Glynn (piano)
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There’s nothing at all reverential about Jeremy Sams’s translations of the 21 songs here. They are witty, fit the music like an expensive glove and tell good stories, but, importantly, they...
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Christopher Glynn continues his ‘Schubert in English’ series by joining baritone Roderick Williams and soprano Rowan Pierce for songs of loneliness and companionship, nature and the seasons, faith and doubt, wandering and homecoming, caution and consolation - all in new English versions by Jeremy Sams.
“No songwriter has more to say to us than Schubert. I commissioned these new translations in the hope of bringing his songs to a wider audience, as well as offering a fresh perspective to those who know them well.
“A good translation is an act of homage - a retelling, not a replacement - and like a screen adaptation of a classic novel, can be a stepping stone to the original, or enjoyed in its own right.
“We hope listeners enjoy these new versions in which Jeremy Sams recreates the immediacy of Schubert’s storytelling for a modern English- speaking audience.” - Christopher Glynn
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Spotlight on this release
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Episode 44: Take me to your Lieder - Schubert in English with Roderick Williams, Rowan Pierce and Christopher Glynn
18th Nov 2023
Baritone, soprano and pianist offer their perspectives on the latest instalment in Signum Classics's series, which features Jeremy Sams's translations of Schubert Lieder.
Awards and reviews
January 2024
There’s nothing at all reverential about Jeremy Sams’s translations of the 21 songs here. They are witty, fit the music like an expensive glove and tell good stories, but, importantly, they are essentially versions of the original poems – and not translations…Williams is in fine voice here.
December 2023
[The translations] flow naturally with the music; hearing them, no one should doubt that lieder can successfully be sung in English translation. Listening to this disc, one might even wonder whether Schubert might have preferred that his songs be heard in the audience’s own language.
