This second volume of Trombone Travels (Volume 1 is on 8.574093) continues with Matthew Gee's exploration of three great cycles of early 20th-century British song. Elgar's Sea Pictures evoke lullaby and turbulence alike, Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel chart a wanderer's lonely journey through the landscape, and in Songs of the Sea Stanford's music embraces both the somber and the exhilarating, with Gee joined by a trombone chorus to emulate the male voice choir. Throughout the recital Gee lavishes coloristic effects, the use of mutes, and subtle inflections that reinforce the trombone's unique ability to mimic vocal techniques.

Tracklist:

Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano): No. 1, Sea Slumber Song
Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano): No. 2, In Haven [Capri]
Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano): No. 3, Sabbath Morning At Sea
Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano): No. 4, Where Corals Lie
Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano): No. 5, The Swimmer
2 Songs, Op. 31: No. 2, A Song Of Flight (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano)
Arabian Serenade (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano)
In Smyrna (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano)
Songs Of Travel (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano): No. 1, The Vagabond
Songs Of Travel (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano): No. 2, Let Beauty Awake
Songs Of Travel (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano): No. 3, The Roadside Fire
Songs Of Travel (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano): No. 4, Youth And Love
Songs Of Travel (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano): No. 5, In Dreams
Songs Of Travel (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano): No. 6, The Infinite Shining Heavens
Songs Of Travel (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano): No. 7, Whither Must I Wander
Songs Of Travel (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano): No. 8, Bright Is The Ring Of Words
Songs Of Travel (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone & Piano): No. 9, I Have Trod The Upward And The Downward Slope
Songs Of The Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 1, Drake's Drum
Songs Of The Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 2, Outward Bound
Songs Of The Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 3, Devon, O Devon
Songs Of The Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 4, Homeward Bound
Songs Of The Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee For Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 5, The "Old Superb"

UPC: 747313908073
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 3.26.21
Format: CD

Elgar / Gee / Glynn - Songs of Travel (CD)