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Schumann in English, Vol. 1

Ailish Tynan (soprano), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Christopher Glynn (piano)

Schumann in English, Vol. 1
They all sing intelligently and with evident commitment: the soprano is bright and direct; the mezzo a little tremulous, perhaps, but movingly heartfelt; Roderick Williams is characteristically...

Gramophone Magazine, May 2024

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Schumann in English, Vol. 1

Ailish Tynan (soprano), Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Christopher Glynn (piano)

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They all sing intelligently and with evident commitment: the soprano is bright and direct; the mezzo a little tremulous, perhaps, but movingly heartfelt; Roderick Williams is characteristically...

Gramophone Magazine, May 2024

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Christopher Glynn continues his Lieder in English series by joining three of today’s foremost singers to perform Robert Schumann’s best-loved song cycles in new English versions by Jeremy Sams – a new way to encounter and enjoy some of the most romantic and atmospheric songs ever composed.

‘Schumann is one of music’s great storytellers – and never more so than in the song cycles of 1840. These vivid new translations by Jeremy Sams recreate the immediacy and intimacy of his storytelling for modern English-speaking listeners, offering a new perspective on these famous songs of loneliness and love, joy and sorrow, marriage, and separation.’ – Christopher Glynn

  • Release date: 8th Mar 2024
  • Label: Signum
  • Catalogue number: SIGCD782
  • Length: 78 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39
Work length25:23
No. 1, Far from home
Track length1:56
No. 2, Intermezzo
Track length1:39
No. 3, A forest dialogue
Track length2:35
No. 4, Silence
Track length1:36
No. 5, Moonlit night
Track length4:04
No. 6, A beautiful foreign land
Track length1:20
No. 7, In a castle
Track length2:41
No. 8, In a foreign country
Track length1:20
No. 9, Sadness
Track length2:14
No. 10, Twilight
Track length3:02
No. 11, In a wood
Track length1:33
No. 12, Spring night
Track length1:23
Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48
Work length29:12
No. 1, In May, the sweetest time of year
Track length1:30
No. 2, Perhaps my tears could water
Track length00:57
No. 3, The birds and the bees
Track length00:35
No. 4, I gaze into your eyes of blue
Track length1:35
No. 5, Creation is kissed by the starlight
Track length00:56
No. 6, The vast and vaulted cathedral
Track length2:13
No. 7, I don’t complain
Track length1:43
No. 8, If only the flowers in the garden
Track length1:14
No. 9, The room is whirling and swirling
Track length1:27
No. 10, Sometimes I hear the music
Track length2:01
No. 11, A boy’s in love with someone
Track length1:04
No. 12, A beautiful summer morning
Track length2:23
No. 13, I dreamed I was weeping
Track length2:20
No. 14, At night-time it happens
Track length1:35
No. 15, In my imagination
Track length2:47
No. 16, A thousand empty love songs
Track length4:52
Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42
Work length23:33
No. 1, Ever since I saw him
Track length2:40
No. 2, How on earth can I describe him?
Track length3:13
No. 3, Perhaps I dreamed that it happened
Track length2:00
No. 4, Oh ring on my finger
Track length3:02
No. 5, Somebody help me
Track length2:00
No. 6, Dearest love
Track length4:42
No. 7, Nobody told me
Track length1:27
No. 8, Now you have hurt me
Track length4:29

Awards and reviews

May 2024

They all sing intelligently and with evident commitment: the soprano is bright and direct; the mezzo a little tremulous, perhaps, but movingly heartfelt; Roderick Williams is characteristically fine. Christopher Glynn’s playing is never anything less than sensitive and beautifully turned, and the engineering is excellent.
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