Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Trombone Travels, Vol. 2 Songs of Travel (2021) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

This second volume of “Trombone Travels” 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 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.

Tracklist

01. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 1, Sea Slumber Song
02. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 2, In Haven [Capri]
03. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 3, Sabbath Morning at Sea
04. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 4, Where Corals Lie
05. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Elgar: Sea Pictures, Op. 37 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 5, The Swimmer
06. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Elgar: 2 Songs, Op. 31: No. 2, A Song of Flight (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano)
07. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Elgar: Arabian Serenade (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano)
08. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Elgar: In Smyrna (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano)
09. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 1, The Vagabond
10. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 2, Let Beauty Awake
11. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 3, The Roadside Fire
12. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 4, Youth and Love
13. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 5, In Dreams
14. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 6, The Infinite Shining Heavens
15. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 7, Whither Must I Wander
16. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 8, Bright Is the Ring of Words
17. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Williams: Songs of Travel (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone & Piano): No. 9, I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope
18. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 1, Drake’s Drum
19. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 2, Outward Bound
20. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 3, Devon, O Devon
21. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 4, Homeward Bound
22. Matthew Gee & Christopher Glynn – Stanford: Songs of the Sea, Op. 91 (Arr. M. Gee for Trombone Quartet & Piano): No. 5, The “Old Superb”