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I Wonder As I Wander / Newby, Middleton

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Details

Composer
BEETHOVEN BRITTEN MAHLER
Artist
Newby, Middleton
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jan 01, 2021
Catalog #
BIS-2475
UPC
7318599924755

About

When deciding on the repertoire for his début disc, James Newby’s first choice fell on An die ferne Geliebte, songs that he had been performing ever since the beginning of his career. But Beethoven’s song cycle – and perhaps even more so the quasi-operatic Adelaide – also sets a tone for the entire disc, that of longing and of wanting to be elsewhere, near the distant beloved. These are emotions that Schubert, perhaps more than any other composer, has plumbed in depth, and Newby went on to select five of his songs that in various ways depict the restlessness and loneliness of the eternal wanderer. Mahler is another composer who knew something about longing – for instance that it can be deadly, which he demonstrated with his Zu Straßburg auf der Schanz, in which a soldier awaits execution after trying to desert to his homeland while the piano imitates the muffled rolling of drums. The military theme continues in the high-strung Revelge, as a young soldier marches towards his death, thinking about his sweetheart with ever-greater desperation. The final song by Mahler, Urlicht, expresses the anguish and pain of earthly life, and the longing for Heaven and, in effect, death. Framing this programme with five folk song arrangements by Benjamin Britten, James Newby and Joseph Middleton explore Man’s never-ending search (geographical or psychological) for that distant object of desire: who, what or wherever it may be.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements: No. 6. I wonder as I wander 04:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    Tom Bowling and Other Song Arrangements: No. 6. I wonder as I wander
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  2. 2 Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 3, "British Isles": No. 2. There's none to soothe 01:47
    Track
    2
    Title
    Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 3, "British Isles": No. 2. There's none to soothe
    Duration
    01:47
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  3. 3 Der Wanderer, D. 489 05:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    Der Wanderer, D. 489
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  4. 4 Der Wanderer, Op. 65, No. 2, D. 649 02:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    Der Wanderer, Op. 65, No. 2, D. 649
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  5. 5 Auf der Donau, Op. 21, No. 1, D. 553 03:04
    Track
    5
    Title
    Auf der Donau, Op. 21, No. 1, D. 553
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  6. 6 Im Freien, D. 880 05:30
    Track
    6
    Title
    Im Freien, D. 880
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  7. 7 Abendstern (Evening Star), D. 806 02:45
    Track
    7
    Title
    Abendstern (Evening Star), D. 806
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  8. 8 Adelaide, Op. 46 05:18
    Track
    8
    Title
    Adelaide, Op. 46
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  9. 9 8 Songs, Op. 52: No. 4. Maigesang 02:03
    Track
    9
    Title
    8 Songs, Op. 52: No. 4. Maigesang
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  10. 10 No. 1. Auf dem Hügel sitz' ich, spähend 02:34
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 1. Auf dem Hügel sitz' ich, spähend
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  11. 11 No. 2. Wo die Berge so blau 01:33
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 2. Wo die Berge so blau
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  12. 12 No. 3. Leichte Segler in den Höhen 01:32
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 3. Leichte Segler in den Höhen
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  13. 13 No. 4. Diese Wolken in den Höhen 00:57
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 4. Diese Wolken in den Höhen
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  14. 14 No. 5. Es kehret der Maien 02:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 5. Es kehret der Maien
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  15. 15 No. 6. Nimm sie hin denn diese Lieder 04:12
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 6. Nimm sie hin denn diese Lieder
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  16. 16 Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit, Book 3: No. 1. Zu Straßburg auf der Schanz' 04:22
    Track
    16
    Title
    Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit, Book 3: No. 1. Zu Straßburg auf der Schanz'
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  17. 17 No. 13. Revelge 06:41
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 13. Revelge
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  18. 18 No. 12. Urlicht 05:15
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 12. Urlicht
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Gustav Mahler
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  19. 19 No. 5. At the mid hour of night 02:39
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 5. At the mid hour of night
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  20. 20 No. 9. The Last Rose of Summer 04:16
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 9. The Last Rose of Summer
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton
  21. 21 No. 2. Sail on, sail on 02:55
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 2. Sail on, sail on
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Performer
    James Newby, Joseph Middleton