Albion Records
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I Have Lived & Loved
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Penelope Thwaites (piano)
'[Rudge] makes an instantly engaging impression in "The Vagabond', her lush mezzo-soprano voice combining with immaculate diction and intelligent use of dynamics to clarify meaning...Thwaites's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2025, Song Choice
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A dark-toned, introspective harmonisation of ‘Coventry Carol’ and a jaunty ‘I Saw Three Ships’ stand out particularly. Clear-toned, welcoming performances. —
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Carols From Herefordshire
William Vann (piano), Derek Welton (bass-baritone), Iain Burnside (piano), Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Song Of Love
William Vann (piano), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Until now The House of Life has been the sole preserve of male vocalists on disc, so a warm welcome to this Albion newcomer. Indeed, the mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately’s memorably affecting and... —
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Vaughan Williams: A Cambridge Mass
Olivia Robinson (soprano), Rebecca Lodge (contralto), Christopher Bowen (tenor), Edward Price (baritone)
The Bach Choir, New Queen's Hall Orchestra, Alan Tongue
It might seem a dubious idea to take out of mothballs a work written specifically for its composer's Doctor of Music degree - surely a recipe for academic conformity and little else? Coming... —
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Vaughan Williams & Holst: Heirs and Rebels
Remastered classic 78 rpm recordings
Robert Irwin (baritone), Stuart Robertson (tenor), Edgar Coyle (baritone), Peter Dawson (baritone) & Gerald Moore (piano)
Black Dyke Mills Band, BBC Chorus & Band of HM Grenadier Guards, Rae Jenkins, Leslie Woodgate & Julius Harrison
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Vaughan Williams: Albion’s Journey
The Life and Work of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Frank Ericson (piano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Herbert Howells, Willam Vann (piano), Ralph Vaughan Williams, Mary Bevan (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Johnny Herford (baritone), Thomas Gould (violin), Heather Lowe, Hugh Rowlands (organ), Roy Douglas, Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow, Martin...
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Vaughan Williams: Viola Fantasia - Works For Viola And Piano
Martin Outram (viola), Julian Rolton (piano), Mark Padmore (tenor)
Outram catches poetically the vein of pastoral contemplation which runs through the first five of the Six Studies in English Folksong, and turns in a puckish ‘As I Walked Over London Bridge’... —
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[Lovers of this symphony] should most certainly investigate, safe in the knowledge that RVW’s heartwarming inspiration is marvellously served on this occasion by Anthony Goldstone and Caroline... —
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Pan's Anniversary and Other Works
Samuel West (narrator), Thomas Gould (violin), Thomas Hancox (piccolo), Mary Bevan, Joy Farrall (clarinet), Timothy West (narrator), Sophie Bevan, William Lockhart (percussion), Jess Dandy, Johnny Herford, Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Britten Sinfonia, William Vann
The vernal setting of that 1905 production with its costumed actors, dancers and musicians undoubtedly cast a spell. Stripped of these visual elements, and with Vaughan Williams not quite his... —
