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Bryn Terfel - Something Wonderful
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Album: Bryn Terfel - Something Wonderful
# Song Title   Time
1)    Oh! What a beautiful mornin' [Oklahoma!] More Info... 3:06
2)    It Might As Well Be Spring [State Fair] More Info... 4:08
3)    Some Enchanted Evening [South Pacific] More Info... 3:41
4)    The Surrey with the fringe on top [Oklahoma!] More Info... 4:41
5)    Bali Ha'i [South Pacific] More Info... 4:20
6)    June is bustin' out all over [Carousel] More Info... 3:23
7)    15. Something Wonderful [The King and I] More Info... 3:51
8)    So Far [Allegro] More Info... 3:09
9)    A Fellow Needs A Girl [Allegro] More Info... 2:36
10)    18. I Have Dreamed [The King and I] More Info... 3:45
11)    What A Lovely Day For A Wedding [Allegro] More Info... 2:13
12)    No Other Love [Me and Juliet] More Info... 4:03
13)    Edelweiss [The Sound of Music] More Info... 2:46
14)    If I Loved You [Carousel] More Info... 3:30
15)    There is nothin' like a dame [South Pacific] More Info... 3:50
16)    Younger Than Springtime [South Pacific] More Info... 3:28
17)    Come Home [Allegro] More Info... 4:06
18)    This Nearly Was Mine [South Pacific] More Info... 3:07
19)    Soliloquy [Carousel] More Info... 7:56
20)    You'll Never Walk Alone [Carousel] More Info... 3:05
 

Album: Bryn Terfel - Something Wonderful
# Song Title   Time
1)    Oh! What a beautiful mornin' [Oklahoma!] More Info... 3:06
2)    It Might As Well Be Spring [State Fair] More Info... 4:08
3)    Some Enchanted Evening [South Pacific] More Info... 3:41
4)    The Surrey with the fringe on top [Oklahoma!] More Info... 4:41
5)    Bali Ha'i [South Pacific] More Info... 4:20
6)    June is bustin' out all over [Carousel] More Info... 3:23
7)    15. Something Wonderful [The King and I] More Info... 3:51
8)    So Far [Allegro] More Info... 3:09
9)    A Fellow Needs A Girl [Allegro] More Info... 2:36
10)    18. I Have Dreamed [The King and I] More Info... 3:45
11)    What A Lovely Day For A Wedding [Allegro] More Info... 2:13
12)    No Other Love [Me and Juliet] More Info... 4:03
13)    Edelweiss [The Sound of Music] More Info... 2:46
14)    If I Loved You [Carousel] More Info... 3:30
15)    There is nothin' like a dame [South Pacific] More Info... 3:50
16)    Younger Than Springtime [South Pacific] More Info... 3:28
17)    Come Home [Allegro] More Info... 4:06
18)    This Nearly Was Mine [South Pacific] More Info... 3:07
19)    Soliloquy [Carousel] More Info... 7:56
20)    You'll Never Walk Alone [Carousel] More Info... 3:05
 
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Tracks

1. Oh What A Beautiful Mornin'

2. It Might As Well Be Spring

3. Some Enchanted Evening

4. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top

5. Bali Ha'i

6. June Is Bustin' Out All Over

7. Something Wonderful

8. So Far

9. A Fellow Needs A Girl

10. I Have Dreamed

11. What A Lovely Day For A Wedding

12. No Other Love

13. Edelweiss

14. If I Loved You

15. There Is Nothin' Likea Dame

16. Younger Than Spring Time

17. Come Home

18. This Nearly Was Mine

19. Soliloquy

20. You'll Never Walk Alone

Performer Notes
  • Winner of the Lieder prize at the 1989 Cardiff 'Singer of the World' competition AND Gramophone magazine's 'Young Artist of the Year' for 1992, Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel has proven himself in a wide variety of repertoire, including all three baritone roles in 'Don Giovanni'; English songs and orchestral works; lieder; and many operatic roles. SOMETHING WONDERFUL, which received a 1997 Gramophone Award, shows Terfel completely at home in the American musical theater by way of the songs of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
  • The program is drawn from seven of Rodgers & Hammerstein's nine Broadway musicals and includes one selection from the film 'State Fair'. The result is a mix of the familiar--"Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin" and "Edelweiss"--and the unknown--"Come Home" from 'Allegro' receives its first recording here. Terfel is in fine voice throughout, and his interpretations of the songs are perfectly suited. This is not the stiff "opera-singer" Rodgers & Hammerstein of Samuel Ramey, but rather it is sensitive, thoughtful work by a singer who might well be at home on any of today's musical revival recordings. His commitment to the material is evident in every word, his comprehension of the characters complete.
  • Personnel: Stephen Briggs, Keith Mills (tenor); Stephen Dowson, Maurice Bowen (bass voice).
  • Liner Note Author: Ethan Mordden.
  • Recording information: Main Hall, Albert Halls, Bolton, England (10/1995).
  • Editor: Richard Evidon.
  • Illustrator: Hanya Chlala.
  • Photographer: Hanya Chlala.
  • The musicals of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II are neo-operettas that provide many opportunities for big baritone voices to strut their stuff. In the original productions, Alfred Drake (Oklahoma!), John Raitt (Carousel), and opera singer Ezio Pinza (South Pacific) made the most of those opportunities in songs like "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top," "If I Loved You," "Soliloquy," "Some Enchanted Evening," and "This Nearly Was Mine," and it is reasonable to expect that these rangy, dramatic songs would also serve a contemporary opera singer like Bryn Terfel. They do, but the fun of this album comes when Terfel tries out songs not originally written for the big-voiced male leads and instead tries a lusty, uptempo number like "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" or a comic one like "There Is Nothing Like a Dame." His success with such material demonstrates an unusual versatility and a willingness to meet the material not typical of the spate of opera-singers-doing-show-music albums. And it makes this one of the best of the bunch. ~ William Ruhlmann
Professional Reviews
Village Voice (1/7/1998) - "...In opera and on the recital stage, this young Welshman mixes character, insight and[brings] wide ranging vocal equipment to Handel, Mozart, Wagner and beyond....[T]he music here...the title cut[for example]...thrives under Terfel's manly treatment..."
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