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Songs by Brahms, Fauré, Finzi et al

~ Johannes Brahms (Composer), Gabriel Faure (Composer), Gerald Finzi (Composer), Michael Head (Composer), John Ireland (Composer), et al.
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  • Composer: Johannes Brahms, Gabriel Faure, Gerald Finzi, Michael Head, John Ireland, et al.
  • Audio CD (6 May 2002)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Debut
  • ASIN: B0000647IW
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 176,674 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Vier ernste Gesange, OP.121 (Four serious songs/Quatre chants serieux) - Johannes Brahms 1833-1897
2. Der Wanderer an den Mond - Franz Schubert 1797-1828
3. Auf der Donau - Franz Schubert 1797-1828
4. Der Schiffer - Franz Schubert 1797-1828
5. Der Wanderer - Franz Schubert 1797-1828
6. L'Horizon chimerique, OP.118 (The Illusory Horizon/Der phantastische Horizont) - Gabriel Faure 1845-1924
7. Rollieum-rorum - Gerald Finzi 1901-1956
8. To Lizbie Browne (From Earth and Air and rain, OP.15) - Gerald Finzi 1901-1956
9. Lowlands (Sea shanty) - Trad., arr. Vignoles
10. Sea Fever - John Ireland 1879-1962
11. Trade Winds - Frederick Keel 1871-1954
12. The Estuary - Michael Head 1900-1976

On this CD:
  1. Vier Ernste Gesänge
    Composed by Johannes Brahms
    with Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu

  2. (Der) Wanderer an den Mond
    Composed by Franz Schubert
    with Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu

  3. Auf der Donau
    Composed by Franz Schubert
    with Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu

  4. (Der) Schiffer
    Composed by Franz Schubert
    with Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu

  5. (Der) Wanderer
    Composed by Franz Schubert
    with Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu

  6. (L)'Horizon chimérique
    Composed by Gabriel Fauré
    with Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu

  7. Earth and Air and Rain
    Composed by Gerald Finzi
    with Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu

  8. Earth and Air and Rain
    Composed by Gerald Finzi
    with Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu

  9. Lowlands
    Composed by Traditional
    with Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu

  10. Sea Fever
    Composed by John Ireland
    with Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu

  11. Trade Winds
    Composed by Frederick Keel
    with Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu

  12. Estuary
    Composed by Michael Head
    with Roger Vignoles, Jonathan Lemalu


Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review
Baritone Jonathan Lemalu, the young Samoan-New Zealander who won the coveted Royal Philharmonic Society prize for best newcomer in 2001, chooses songs of journeying, homesickness and humanity for his contribution to the excellent EMI Début series. He is full of fire and joyful ambition, traits that register themselves in a willingness to open his throat and show off the glory of his beautifully varnished tone. His execution of Finzi's "Rollicum-rorum" or Schubert's "Der Schiffer" with its whipping dissonances and Krug-swinging lilt are irresistible, his diction exemplary. He renders John Ireland's setting of John Masefield's "Sea Fever" as if he had tasted the spume himself. He is, however, a little too sparing with his sotto voce, which he uses with telling effect in Finzi's lovely "Lizbie Browne" and Fauré's wispy cycle L'Horizon chimérique, but could have employed elsewhere, notably in the first of Brahms' Four Serious Songs, which lacks the timorous whisper that comes upon flesh in contemplation of death. Pianist Roger Vignoles is at all times a sensitive and obliging chaperone, providing surreptitious atmosphere that the singer unwittingly assumes. Vignoles' touch in Schubert's "Der Wanderer" expresses a certain traveller's world-weariness that the young Lemalu shares but can hardly have experienced yet for himself. He's at his best when rollicking. --Rick Jones

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Blimey this lad can sing, 6 Nov 2003
So young, but so talented. A warm rich voice, so well used!!

Lovely youthful singing-even in the Brahms!!!!

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Impressive debut recital, 15 Jun 2002
By A Customer
Jonathan Lemalu is a New-Zealander of Samoan ancestry who is only 26 (still early for the bass-baritone voice). This recital was recorded in January 2002 for BBC Radio 3 and covers a wide range of both baritone and bass repertoire. The accompanist (no expense spared) is Roger Vignoles who needless to say is sensitive and faultless.

The recital starts very ambitiously with tackling Brahms four "serious songs" taken from the Luther Bible and largely about death. This is of course territory firmly staked out by Hans Hotter and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and personally I can't help feeling Lemalu's voice is too young to give these songs the depth demanded. However the rest of the recital is much better suited to a new voice, and are better programmed - around a nautical theme. 4 Schubert songs about ships and travel are followed by Faure's setting of Merimot's sea poem "illusory horizon", and then passing over two Hardy settings by Finzi without any discernable nautical elements, we come to a traditional sea-shanty set by Vignoles, and two poems by Masefield - Ireland's "Sea Fever", Keel's "Trade Winds". The concluding piece is a real rarity - "The Estuary" by Michael Head 1900-1976. According to Roger Wigmore's notes in the booklet this is a setting of a poem by Ruth Pitter - not a poet I was familiar with, and it turned out that "The Estuary" was not one of the song texts of Michael Head archived on the Libretto Home Page. (Eventually, by searching on Google, I was able to locate a copy of this Ruth Pitter poem on a Kenyan exam board past paper of all places!). This then is the place to mention a frequent niggle with EMI - the tendancy to cut texts at any opportunity. You'd have thought that after EMI had to reissue the Danil Shtoda recital in this same series with Russian texts, they would not repeat the same mistake with the next new voice? Wrong. (Hence 3 stars not 4 for this disc). Anyway, here is one of the more unusual settings on this disc:

(13) FINZI - ROLLICUM-RORUM (by Thomas Hardy)

When Lawyers strive to heal a breach
And Parsons practise what they preach:
Then Boney he'll come pouncing down,
And march his men on London town!
Rollicum-rorum, tol-lol-lorum,
Rollicum-rorum, tol-lol-lay!

When Justices hold equal scales,
And Rogues are only found in jails;
Then Boney he'll come pouncing down,
And march his men on London town!
Rollicum-rorum, tol-lol-lorum,
Rollicum-rorum, tol-lol-lay!

When Rich Men find their wealth a curse,
And fill therewith the Poor Man's purse;
Then Boney he'll come pouncing down,
And march his men on London town!
Rollicum-rorum, tol-lol-lorum,
Rollicum-rorum, tol-lol-lay!

When Husbands with their Wives agree,
And Maids won't wed from modesty;
Then Boney he'll come pouncing down,
And march his men on London town!
Rollicum-rorum, tol-lol-lorum,
Rollicum-rorum, tol-lol-lay!

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Debut Delight, 1 Jan 2003
By A Customer
A wonderful debut CD from Jonathan Lemalu.
With a Bass voice full of richness and warmth. Left me wanting to hear more.
A star in the making.
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