Bryn Terfel - Something Wonderful (Bryn Terfel sings Rodgers & Hammerstein)
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 1996-09-10
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- OKLAHOMA: Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'
- State Fair: It Might As Well Be Spring
- South Pacific: Some Enchanted Evening
- OKLAHOMA: The Surrey With The Fringe On Top
- South Pacific: Bali Ha'i
- Carousel: June Is Bustin' Out All Over
- The King And I: Something Wonderful
- Allegro: So Far
- Allegro: A Fellow Needs A Girl
- The King And I: I Have Dreamed
- Allegro: What A Lovely Day For A Wedding
- Me And Juliet: No Other Love
- The Sound Of Music: Edelweiss
- Carousel: If I Loved You
- South Pacific: There Is Nothin' Like A Dame
- South Pacific: Younger Than Springtime
- Allegro: Come Home
- South Pacific: This Nearly Was Mine
- Carousel: Soliloquy
- Carousel: You'll Never Walk Alone
Free Music Notes for Bryn Terfel - Something Wonderful (Bryn Terfel sings Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Free Music Review: Beautiful singing, but too much dynamic range
Hit: 4 Stars
Bryn Terfel has a one-in-a-million voice. Lovely singing. Fine song selection. Maybe a tad too dramatic, but my real complaint centers on the excessive dynamic range between soft passages and loud. It's just too much. One moment, you're turning up the stereo to hear him sing a soft passage, the next he's blasting you out of your car or house. This happens several times per song. Volume compression could smooth out the highs and lows a bit, but purists would no doubt cry foul. In short, make sure your neighbors love Terfel as much as you do!
Bryn Terfel - Something Wonderful (Bryn Terfel sings Rodgers & Hammerstein) Poster
In the opening song of "Something Wonderful," Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel sings, "All the sounds of the Earth are like music." They most definitely are when Terfel surrounds them with his resonant baritone. Every phrase of Rodgers and Hammerstein's music is imbued with uncommon sensitivity, impeccable phrasing, and dazzling beauty. Terfel's rich and meaty voice shares a plate with delicate pianissimos, unabashed sentimentality, and swaggering forthrightness. He successfully tackles songs originally written for women. In "It Might as Well Be Spring," he transforms dippy into dapper. And he turns "Bali Hai" into a foreboding, demanding, and seductive call; the listener must helplessly succumb to the world of his sensitive manliness. His interpretations of the old standards--"If I Loved You," "Soliloquy," "This Nearly Was Mine," "Some Enchanted Evening"--are stellar. Despite the temporary lulls caused by the second-class songs from "Allegro," Terfel does a first-class job of bringing them to life. Undoubtedly one of the best crossover records of all time. --Barbara Eisner BayerIn the opening song of "Something Wonderful," Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel sings, "All the sounds of the Earth are like music." They most definitely are when Terfel surrounds them with his resonant baritone. Every phrase of Rodgers and Hammerstein's music is imbued with uncommon sensitivity, impeccable phrasing, and dazzling beauty. Terfel's rich and meaty voice shares a plate with delicate pianissimos, unabashed sentimentality, and swaggering forthrightness. He successfully tackles songs originally written for women. In "It Might as Well Be Spring," he transforms dippy into dapper. And he turns "Bali Hai" into a foreboding, demanding, and seductive call; the listener must helplessly succumb to the world of his sensitive manliness. His interpretations of the old standards--"If I Loved You," "Soliloquy," "This Nearly Was Mine," "Some Enchanted Evening"--are stellar. Despite the temporary lulls caused by the second-class songs from "Allegro," Terfel does a first-class job of bringing them to life. Undoubtedly one of the best crossover records of all time. --Barbara Eisner Bayer
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