Whither must I Wander?: English Songs by Vaughan Williams, Finzi and Quilter

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a rising young baritone with a powerfully operatic voice. Supported by Isabelle Trüb's acommpaniments, often rather more assertive and colourful than reticent Brits expect, he gives the Songs... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 3rd Dec 2012
Catalogue No: SIGCD314
Label: Signum
Length: 64 minutes

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Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel

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The Vagabond

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Let Beauty Awake

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The Roadside Fire

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Youth And Love

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In Dreams

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The Infinite Shining Heavens

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Whither Must I Wander?

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Bright Is the Ring of Words

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I Have Trod the Upward And the Downward Slope

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Excerpt, Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs

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I Got Me Flowers

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Love Bade Me Welcome

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The Call

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Finzi: Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18

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Come Away, Come Away, Death

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Who Is Silvia?

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Fear No More the Heat O' the Sun

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O Mistress Mine

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It Was a Lover And His Lass

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Quilter: Three Shakespeare Songs, Op. 6: Come Away, Death

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Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs, Op. 6: O Mistress Mine

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Quilter: Three Shakespeare Songs, Op. 6: Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind

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Vaughan Williams: The House of Life: Silent Noon

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David John Pike, Isabelle Trüb

Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea

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David John Pike, Isabelle Trüb

Vaughan Williams: Blackmwore by the Stour

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David John Pike, Isabelle Trüb

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Centred around Vaughan Williams' 'Songs of Travel', this collection of English song brings together three now influential figures in the world of British music – Vaughan Williams, his contemporary (in age rather than compositional approach) Roger Quilter, and the younger Gerald Finzi (whose work 'Let us Garlands Bring' was composed to mark RVW's 70th birthday). The texts used are drawn from a variety of sources: from traditional 'Dorset' songs, through settings of Shakespere, to the central song-cycle of poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Baritone David John Pike has a widely varied repertoire covering early music, oratorio, symphonic, opera and commissioned works. In his native Canada, in the UK and across Europe, he has worked with leading ensembles including Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London Philharmonic and the Schweizerkammerchor under the direction of Christophers, Dutoit, Jurowski, Marriner, Mehta, Rattle and Zinman. He now has a growing reputation as an operatic and concert soloist.

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April 2013

a rising young baritone with a powerfully operatic voice. Supported by Isabelle Trüb's acommpaniments, often rather more assertive and colourful than reticent Brits expect, he gives the Songs of Travel a distinctively dramatic edge...It's already had the good word from Sir Thomas Allen, and no wonder.

29th April 2013

It is a real pleasure to make the acquaintance of David John Pike on this quite superb recording. The singer has all the qualities that one looks for in this repertoire: a well-focused and steady delivery, imaginative response to the text, and a real sense of legato.

Luxemburger Wort 22nd December 2012

[Pike] has a powerful, generous and malleable voice, that he puts to use with rare sensitivity...Trüb shows great sensitivity and admirable flexibility in the colours of her piano accompaniment, never ceasing to explore all the psychological finesses.

16vor.de 8th January 2013

a baritone with pithy, but warm, rounded, never hard intonation, a piano accompanist who follows suit perfectly, music full of temperament, plus a accompanying personal note from the singer...Most impressive perhaps are the fresh and lively interpretations that make one forget that this is a studio production.

Pizzicato

With the congenial accompaniment of pianist Isabelle Trüb he achieves a degree of emotional penetration not necessarily obvious with this repertoire. Pike finds the right voice, the right tone, for every song. A further strength is the warmth of his pleasantly nutty, powerful voice, calm breath control, a beautiful legato and good mastery of the mezzovoce.

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