Bryn Terfel – Dreams and Songs

Contents

Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman: I Believe

St. John: The Fields of Athenry

Denver: Perhaps Love

Bock, J: If I were a rich man (from Fiddler on the Roof)

Bock, J: Do you love me?

trad.: Amazing Grace

Rasbach: Trees

Wildhorn: Tell My Father

Jenkins, K: The Shepherd Poet of Passchendaele

Malotte: The Golf Song (Golfer’s Lament)

trad.: Ar Lan Y Mor

Lara, Augustin: Granada

Chaplin, C: Smile from ‘Modern Times’

Michael Flanders, Donald Swann: The Hippopotamus Song

Sir Bryn Terfel has enlisted a number of impressive guest stars to sing with him on his new album, Dreams and Songs – including two stars of the big screen and television, his friends Dame Emma Thompson and Rob Brydon. Singers Alfie Boe, Katherine Jenkins, Joseph Calleja and Danielle de Niese also appear on the recording, which is available on Deutsche Grammophon

Notable singers include tenor Alfie Boe on “Perhaps Love,” soprano Danielle de Niese on “Amazing Grace,” tenor Joseph Calleja on “Granada,” and Civil War soprano Katherine Jenkins on “Tell My Father.”

There is also a world premiere recording of “The Shepherd Poet Of Passchendaele” written especially for Bryn by Penclawdd-born Sir Karl Jenkins, the most performed living composer. The song is inspired by the story of the Welsh poet Hedd Wyn, who died on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele (the Third Battle of Ypres), with poignant lyrics by Sir Karl’s wife – Lady Jenkins, Carol Barratt.