Cat No:
TBR02
Release Date: 02 July 2012
Label: Trail Belle Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5016700133721
Genres: Jazz Vocal Jazz
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Description
The award winning Irish singer-songwriter Christine Tobin is one of the UK's most richly expressive and original voices. Accompanied by guitarist Phil Robson and pianist Liam Noble she brings to life the lyrical magic of the poetry of Irish poet W.B. Yeats with her own euphonic and sensitive settings of twelve poems.
'Sailing to Byzantium' features a special guest, the renowned actor Gabriel Byrne, who reads three of the poems. Byrne's presence on the album is of special significance as he was her teacher when he led drama classes at the secondary school she attended in Dublin.
Poetry and music have always been of equal importance to Tobin, both as singer and composer. She was particularly drawn to the love poems such as When You Are Old, and also his poems that celebrate the transformative power of art and his desire to find a deeper spiritual truth, as in Sailing to Byzantium.
Christine debuted the album at the Southbank Centre during last year's London Jazz Festival and the reviewer on the London Jazz Blog said: "… every note felt inspired. With this Yeats material she really does deserve fulsome bouquets and acclaim."
Personnel: Christine Tobin (voice, piano - 2), Liam Noble (piano), Phil Robson (guitars), Gareth Lockrane (flutes), Kate Shortt (cello), Dave Whitford (bass), Special guest: Gabriel Byrne reads poems (2,6,13)
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Tracklisting
- 1. When You Are Old
- 2. The Lake Isle of Innisfree
- 3. The Song of Wandering Aengus
- 4. The Wild Swans at Coole
- 5. The Fisherman
- 6. The Pity of Love
- 7. The Second Coming
- 8. In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Constance Markievicz
- 9. What Then?
- 10. Sailing to Byzantium
- 11. Byzantium
- 12. Long-legged Fly
- 13. The White Birds
Disc 1
Side 1
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Tapestry Unravelled
Christine Tobin & Liam Noble
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Sailing to Byzantium
Christine Tobin
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A Thousand Kisses Deep
Christine Tobin
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Pelt
Christine Tobin
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Returning Weather
Christine Tobin
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Returning Weather
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A Thousand Kisses Deep
Christine Tobin
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Secret Life Of A Girl
Christine Tobin
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Romance And Revolution
Christine Tobin
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You Draw The Line
Christine Tobin
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Yell Of The Gazelle
Christine Tobin
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