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Scott Robert Shaw’s debut “The English Tenor” takes us on a beautifully performed journey through a who’s who of great English composers and their vocal works. The names Ivor Gurney, Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gerald Finzi and Roger Quilter are synonymous with English Song, and a Golden Age of British music. The wide variety of accompanying instruments and artists, the broad range of text settings and the mix of cornerstone works of the repertoire alongside lesser-known cycles make “The English Tenor” a thrilling debut album.
A product of the English church music tradition, Australian-born Scott Robert Shaw has been performing works in this oeuvre since childhood. Whether on the operatic or oratorio stage, as an ensemble singer or soloist, his deep cultural roots to the British music world are laid bare for all to see. This deeply personal album stands as testament to his background, and as a homecoming to his earliest steps as an artist.
Beginning his career and training as a boy soprano at the St George’s Cathedral Perth Choir, Scott then attended the McDonald College of the Performing Arts in Sydney, studying music and acting in the Stanislawksy/Laban tradition, and was awarded a full scholarship for Excellence in Performance. He then attended the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and was given the Most Exceptional Contribution to the Arts award from Wesley College, University of Sydney. In London he continued his studies with the English National Opera’s Baylis Programme for young performers and was regularly engaged to perform as a recitalist and operatic tenor in festivals and opera companies in both the United Kingdom and France. He then completed his studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague where he studied Early Music and Classical Singing, and now based in Düsseldorf, is regularly engaged as a soloist in The Netherlands and Germany, with a particular focus on Bach oratorios and Evangelist roles in the Passions.
- I. Orpheus (2:20)
- II. Tears (3:24)
- III. Under the Greenwood Tree (1:47)
- IV. Sleep (3:11)
- V. Spring (2:45)
- I. We’ll to the Woods no More (1:16)
- II. Along the Field (3:24)
- III.The Half-Moon Westers Low (1:26)
- IV. In the Morning (1:24)
- V. The Sigh that Heaves the Grasses (2:11)
- VI. Good-Bye (2:19)
- VII. Fancy’s Knell (3:21)
- VIII. With Rue my Heart is Laden (1:25)
- I. Autumn Evening (3:14)
- II. April (0:55)
- III. A Last Year’s Rose (2:48)
- IV. Song of the Blackbird (1:21)
- I. Lord! I married Me a Wife (1:14)
- II. She’s Like the Swallow (2:32)
- III. Lemady (1:35)
- IV. Bonny at Morn (3:10)
- V. I was Lonely and Forlorn (Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn) (2:26)
- VI. David of the White Rock (Dafydd y Garreg Wen) (2:52)
- VII. The False Knight upon the Road (3:17)
- VIII. Bird Scarer’s Song (0:59)
- I. Come away, Come away, Death (3:17)
- II. Who is Silvia? (1:37)
- III. Fear no More the Heat o’ the Sun (5:31)
- IV. O Mistress Mine (1:52)
- V. It Was a Lover and his Lass (2:34)
Ivor Gurney (1890-1937):
Five Elizabethan Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
Along the Field
Roger Quilter (1877-1953):
Four Songs, Op. 14
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976):
8 Folksong arrangements for High Voice and Harp
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956):
Let us Garlands Bring, Op. 18
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I. Orpheus (2:20)
02
II. Tears (3:24)
03
III. Under the Greenwood Tree (1:47)
04
IV. Sleep (3:11)
05
V. Spring (2:45)
06
I. We'll to the Woods no More (1:16)
07
II. Along the Field (3:24)
08
III.The Half-Moon Westers Low (1:26)
09
IV. In the Morning (1:24)
10
V. The Sigh that Heaves the Grasses (2:11)
11
VI. Good-Bye (2:19)
12
VII. Fancy's Knell (3:21)
13
VIII. With Rue my Heart is Laden (1:25)
14
I. Autumn Evening (3:14)
15
II. April (0:55)
16
III. A Last Year's Rose (2:48)
17
IV. Song of the Blackbird (1:21)
18
I. Lord! I married Me a Wife (1:14)
19
II. She's Like the Swallow (2:32)
20
III. Lemady (1:35)
21
IV. Bonny at Morn (3:10)
22
V. I was Lonely and Forlorn (Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn) (2:26)
23
VI. David of the White Rock (Dafydd y Garreg Wen) (2:52)
24
VII. The False Knight upon the Road (3:17)
25
VIII. Bird Scarer's Song (0:59)
26
I. Come away, Come away, Death (3:17)
27
II. Who is Silvia? (1:37)
28
III. Fear no More the Heat o' the Sun (5:31)
29
IV. O Mistress Mine (1:52)
30
V. It Was a Lover and his Lass (2:34)