Trombone Travels, Vol. 2: Songs of Travel Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn

• Sir Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934): Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano):
• 1 Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 1, Sea Slumber Song 04:13
• 2 Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 2, In Haven [Capri] 01:46
• 3 Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 3, Sabbath Morning at Sea 04:52
• 4 Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 4, Where Corals Lie 03:31
• 5 Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 5, The Swimmer 05:22
• Sir Edward Elgar:
• 6 Elgar: 2 Songs, Op. 31: No. 2, A Song of Flight (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano) 02:33
• 7 Elgar: Arabian Serenade (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano) 02:13
• 8 Elgar: In Smyrna (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano) 04:10
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958): Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano):
• 9 Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 1, The Vagabond 03:10
• 10 Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 2, Let Beauty Awake 01:45
• 11 Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 3, The Roadside Fire 02:17
• 12 Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 4, Youth and Love 03:07
• 13 Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 5, In Dreams 02:18
• 14 Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 6, The Infinite Shining Heavens 02:18
• 15 Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 7, Whither Must I Wander 03:41
• 16 Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 8, Bright Is the Ring of Words 01:50
• 17 Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 9, I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope 02:14
• Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924): Songs of the Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone Quartet & Piano):
• 18 Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 1, Drake's Drum 02:49
• 19 Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 2, Outward Bound 02:49
• 20 Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 3, Devon, O Devon 01:38
• 21 Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 4, Homeward Bound 05:13
• 22 Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 5, The "Old Superb" 03:05
• Total Runtime 01:06:54

Info for Trombone Travels, Vol. 2: Songs of Travel

This second volume of Trombone Travels (Volume 1 is on 8574093) 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’s Songs of Travel chart a wanderer’s lonely journey through the landscape, and in Songs of the Sea Stanford’s music embraces both the sombre and the exhilarating, with Gee joined by a trombone chorus to emulate the male voice choir. Throughout the recital Gee lavishes colouristic effects, the use of mutes, and subtle inflections that reinforce the trombone’s unique ability to mimic vocal techniques.

Vol.1 of Trombone Travels (8574093) by Matthew Gee featured his arrangement of Schubert’s Winterreise. According to Fanfare, ‘Gee is a master of his instrument, with a suave tone and immaculate technique, and is ably supported at the piano by the equally expressive playing of Christopher Glynn.’ An American Record Guide review added that Gee has a ‘perfect tone – pure, full, and warm in all registers – and he has the enviable ability to handle the highest notes with seeming ease.’

Matthew Gee, trombone
Christopher Glynn, piano

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