Caneuon Meirion Williams / The Songs Of Meirion Williams

Inside the image.

A square cover combines a photographic portrait on the right with a painted portrait inset on the left. The photographed man is shown from about the waist or lower chest upwards, facing the viewer with a slight turn and a mild, closed-mouth smile. He has short, wavy brown hair and a beard, and wears a dark jacket over a pale blue shirt. His figure fills most of the right half, with the top of his head close to the upper edge and his jacket blending into the dark background below.

The smaller painted head and shoulders sit within a pale rectangular panel in the lower-left quadrant. The painted figure has long, light brown hair and a blue garment, and is shown in profile or three-quarter view looking towards the right. The brushwork is visibly softer and more textured than the photographic portrait. Behind both portraits, the background shifts from muted blue at the left to near-black at the right. A large, faint blue cursive word or flourish stretches across the upper-left background and continues behind the text and inset image.

White serif lettering is arranged in blocks over the left side. Near the top, “BRYN TERFEL” appears in large capitals, with two smaller lines beneath: “Y RECORDIADAU CYNNAR” and “THE EARLY RECORDINGS”. At the bottom left, the title is set over two lines, “CANEUON” and “MEIRION WILLIAMS”, followed by the smaller credit “PIANO - ANNETTE BRYN PARRI”. The text overlays the background and the lower edge of the painted portrait panel. The overall layout is tightly framed, with the larger photographic face and the smaller painted face forming a contrast in scale and treatment.