I Wonder As I Wander / Newby, Middleton
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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8 Adelaide, Op. 46 05:18
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Adelaide, Op. 46
- Duration
- 05:18
- Composer
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Performer
- James Newby, Joseph Middleton
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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17 No. 13. Revelge 06:41
- Track
- 17
- Title
- No. 13. Revelge
- Duration
- 06:41
- Composer
- Gustav Mahler
- Performer
- James Newby, Joseph Middleton
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18 No. 12. Urlicht 05:15
- Track
- 18
- Title
- No. 12. Urlicht
- Duration
- 05:15
- Composer
- Gustav Mahler
- Performer
- James Newby, Joseph Middleton
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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
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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
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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