What a joy it is to hear every word of a song,
every little bit of detail.
If you're lucky,
you may hear it all at a public performance,
or you may not.
It depends on where you're sitting and on
whether a thousand other people cough or shift
around in their seats.
But a carefully engineered stereo recording
can project all the detail you need.
A claim that is borne out by the next item,
a Welsh folk song graced by a light,
flexible
voice,
that of Murray Griffith.
Test your hi-fi with this one.
Miss Griffith should be central on the sound stage and projected
in a slightly forward fashion.
In fact,
she should be in the room with you.
Althoughxisy.
Ampoinidin mor galad.
Panoun an hoinis yaun fo huil,
Thiwyrnod guiln guilio.
Can fathun feniu lanarioid,
Arrasgavn droidn rodio.
Pan ni gwelys,
syth mis efaes,
An fynghalon mi feddyliaes,
Wel e ddynes,
lan ar deyrnas,
Ai gwedd yn hardd i rollwch ympas.
Ni fynswn gredin, dyn byw,
Nad oedd hi ryw yng nghylas.