Scott Robert Shaw, Luba Podgayskaya, Eva de Vries, William Drakett, Emilie Bastens, James Williams - The English Tenor (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 1, Orpheus with His Lute
02. 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 2, Tears
03. 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 3, Under the Greenwood Tree
04. 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 4, Sleep
05. 5 Elizabethan Songs: No. 5, Spring
06. Along the Field: No. 1, We'll to the Woods No. More
07. Along the Field: No. 2, Along the Field
08. Along the Field: No. 3, The Half-Moon Westers Low
09. Along the Field: No. 4, in the Morning
10. Along the Field: No. 5, The Sigh That Heaves the Grasses
11. Along the Field: No. 6, Goodbye
12. Along the Field: No. 7, Fancy's Knell
13. Along the Field: No. 8, With Rue My Heart Is Laden
14. 4 Songs, Op. 14: No. 1, Autumn Evening
15. 4 Songs, Op. 14: No. 2, April
16. 4 Songs, Op. 14: No. 3, A Last Year's Rose
17. 4 Songs, Op. 14: No. 4, Song of the Blackbird
18. 8 Folksong Arrangements for High Voice & Harp: No. 1, Lord! I Married Me a Wife
19. 8 Folksong Arrangements for High Voice & Harp: No. 2, She's Like the Swallow
20. 8 Folksong Arrangements for High Voice & Harp: No. 3, Lemady
21. 8 Folksong Arrangements for High Voice & Harp: No. 4, Bonny at Morn
22. 8 Folksong Arrangements for High Voice & Harp: No. 5, Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn
23. 8 Folksong Arrangements for High Voice & Harp: No. 6, David of the White Rock
24. 8 Folksong Arrangements for High Voice & Harp: No. 7, the False Knight upon the Road
25. 8 Folksong Arrangements for High Voice & Harp: No. 8, Bird Scarer's Song
26. Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: No. 1, Come Away, Death
27. Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: No. 2, Who Is Sylvia?
28. Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: No. 3, Fear No. More the Heat o' the Sun
29. Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: No. 4, O Mistress Mine
30. Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18: No. 5, It Was a Lover

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.

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