| We'll Keep a Welcome | ||||
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| Released | 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Genre | Classical music, Welsh music | |||
| Length | 1:14:33 | |||
| Label | Deutsche Grammophon [1] | |||
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We'll Keep a Welcome is a 2000 album by singer Bryn Terfel of traditional hymns and folk songs associated with Wales. Terfel was accompanied on the album by the Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, the Risca Male Choir and The Black Mountain Chorus. The majority of the songs are sung in the Welsh language. [2]
The Gramophone magazine review by Adrian Mitchell felt that the album was a "finely sung and unashamedly patriotic collection of songs" and that with its large number of musicians it is "...impossible to prevent the occasional jolt to the ear". Edwards praised Chris Hazell's arrangements for oboe of "Ar Lan y Mor (On the Seashore)", an "Suo-Gan (Lullaby)". Edwards highlighted Terfel's vocal sensitivity on "Dafydd y Garreg Wen (David of the White Rock)" and felt that the performance of the choirs and harpists "...provide the best possible advertisement for repertoire too long neglected by the major record companies". [3] The Allmusic review of We'll Keep a Welcome described the album as a "no-holds-barred celebration of Welsh song" with "...gentle lullabies and nostalgic songs of a missed homeland as well as rip-roaring patriotic numbers"; concluding that it was "...a welcome selection indeed, with songs of unabashedly warm emotions made all the more irresistible by Terfel's obvious sincerity and vocal charisma". [2]
Production
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] | 43 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [5] | 13 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [6] | 33 |
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