Grainger Edition, Volume 2: Songs For Baritone, including Willow, Willow; Six Dukes Went A-Fishin', British Waterside (The Jolly Sailor), Bold William Taylor, Lukannon, Sailor's Chanty, Shallow Brown

Thwaites (Artist), Percy Grainger (Composer), Stephen Varcoe (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Stephen Varcoe
• Composer: Percy Grainger
• Audio CD (November 15, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Chandos
• ASIN: B000000B0A
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #478,023 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Comfort food for the ears., January 16, 2007

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This review is from: Grainger Edition, Volume 2: Songs For Baritone, including Willow, Willow; Six Dukes Went A-Fishin', British Waterside (The Jolly Sailor), Bold William Taylor, Lukannon, Sailor's Chanty, Shallow Brown (Audio CD)

'Songs for Baritone' by Percy Grainger, the second in a Chandos series, 'The Grainger Edition' is simply lovely classical 'musik'. If 'Tommy' by The Who is aged Scotch and Mozart's 'Requium' is Lobster and Schubert's Lieder are many vitages of fine wines, Grainger's songs strike me as being mashed potatoes and meat loaf. They don't have the high octane emotional punch of either 'Pinball Wizard' or Beethoven's Nineth symphony, but they make you feel good when you listen to them. I will even go so far as to say that they make you feel better than listening to my very favorite 20th century songwriter, Kurt Weill, but then Weill's work has qualities Grainger lacks. The best thing one can say about this album is that it leaves you wanting more!