Dylan Thomas – A Child’s Christmas , Poems and Tiger Eggs
£12.00
It was a Christmas in South Carolina that reawakened Cerys’ love for Thomas and inspired her to mark his centenary with her most ambitious project yet – setting his words to music.
Includes the whole of’ A Child’s Christmas in Wales’ and poems including Fern Hill, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, and And Death Shall Have No Dominion.
Reviews
Excellent album! Combines two of my favourite things: the writing of Dylan Thomas and the voice of Cerys Matthews. I have a special fondness for A Child’s Christmas as it was the first film I ever saw (an early black and white version). My mother took me to our local library for a screening when I was a little boy. I grew up to love all things Welsh, including Catatonia. So this is a really perfect set for me.
Dylan’s words are so deliciously descriptive to begin with, and Matthews’ lilting Welsh accent, and deep understanding of the culture illuminates them further. Her love of Dylan’s poetry shines throughout, and serves to make it accessible to a wide audience. Her own musicality, as well as the instrumental music, adds a playful element, which underlines the ‘child’s eye view ‘, and is indeed reminiscent of the music for ‘Peter and the Wolf ‘, which provided some of the inspiration for Matthews’ project. Savour it!
Free Postage to the UK (not international)
Tracks
Disk 1
A Child’s Christmas Theme
We Waited to Snowball the Cats
‘ Fire!’ Cried Mrs Prothero
Years and Years Ago (Feat. Catrin Finch)
The Useful, and the Useless Presents
Bell Tongued Ball of Holidays
There Are Always Uncles at Christmas
To Walk Into the Waves
Turkey and Blazing Pudding
Hippos
The Hooting of Ships and Auntie Hannah’s Rum Tea
Ghost Story
Home Sweet Home and Auld Lang Syne
The Close and Holy Darkness
A Child’s Christmas End
A Child’s Christmas (Orchestra Only)
Disk 2
Mr. And Mrs. Cherry Owen (Under Milkwood)
In My Craft Or Sullen Art
Should Lanterns Shine
‘I Am Going to Read Aloud’
Laugharne
Do Not Go Gentle
Captain Cat and His Drowned Sailors (Under Milkwood)
Dylan Thomas – A Child’s Christmas , Poems and Tiger Eggs
£12.00
It was a Christmas in South Carolina that reawakened Cerys’ love for Thomas and inspired her to mark his centenary with her most ambitious project yet – setting his words to music.
Description
Includes the whole of’ A Child’s Christmas in Wales’ and poems including Fern Hill, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, and And Death Shall Have No Dominion.
Reviews
Excellent album! Combines two of my favourite things: the writing of Dylan Thomas and the voice of Cerys Matthews. I have a special fondness for A Child’s Christmas as it was the first film I ever saw (an early black and white version). My mother took me to our local library for a screening when I was a little boy. I grew up to love all things Welsh, including Catatonia. So this is a really perfect set for me.
Dylan’s words are so deliciously descriptive to begin with, and Matthews’ lilting Welsh accent, and deep understanding of the culture illuminates them further. Her love of Dylan’s poetry shines throughout, and serves to make it accessible to a wide audience. Her own musicality, as well as the instrumental music, adds a playful element, which underlines the ‘child’s eye view ‘, and is indeed reminiscent of the music for ‘Peter and the Wolf ‘, which provided some of the inspiration for Matthews’ project. Savour it!
Free Postage to the UK (not international)
Tracks
Disk 1
Disk 2
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