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Sain is proud to release baritone Steffan Lloyd Owen’s first album. “Releasing with Sain is a privilege,” says Steffan, “as was recording at their studios, where so many of my musical heroes have recorded in the past. It has been a challenge but a very enjoyable one.” Having completed his musical studies at the Royal Northern College of Music and embarked on a career as a soloist, Steffan already has many accolades to his name, including two of the main prizes awarded at the National Eisteddfod of Wales – the Osborne Roberts Memorial Prize and the Towyn Roberts Scholarship – as well as the Kathleen Ferrier Bursary. He has also performed in operas with Welsh National Opera, alongside Bryn Terfel, and has performed a title role in ‘Brundibar’. The album was produced by Osian Huw Williams, who also contributed instrumentally to the album, together with Annette Bryn Parri on piano, Gruffydd Wyn on vocals, Dylan Cernyw on harp and vocal party Hogia Llanbobman. The album contains a vast rage of musical genres and the songs take us on a journey from the joyous to the plaintive through to the tender and powerful, through works by Schubert and Rossini to Welsh favourites by composers such as Gareth Glyn, Robat Arwyn and R S Hughes. The album’s track title is a Welsh version, by Caryl Bryn, of the song ‘Homeward Bound’. Through his assured and confident performance, his lyrical and emotive singing and the richness and maturity of his voice, this album confirms Steffan as one of Wales’ most impressive and talented young singers. Steffan dedicates this album in memory of his late mother, Susan Jane Owen. Catch Steffan performing live at the National Eisteddfod of Wales on the 4th of August and at Galeri Caernarfon on August 13th.

1 Shenandoah
2 Impossible Dream
3 Lisa Lân
4 All The Things You Are
5 Fy Nghartref Yn Y Wlad
6 If I Were A Rich Man
7 Llanrwst
8 Deh Vieni Alla Finestra
9 If Ever I Would Leave You
10 Where Is The Life That Late I Led?
11 Pan Fo’r Geiriau Wedi Gorffen
12 Au Fond Du Temple Saint
13 Some Enchanted Evening
14 Gwisg Fi’n Dy Gariad
15 Rhys
Traciau Bonws
16 Shenandoah – Cymraeg
17 Popeth Wyt Ti
18 My Little Welsh Home