Albion Records
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Romance and Reverie: Holst and His Contemporaries
Hannah Roper (violin), Martin Jacoby (piano), Emma Tring (soprano), Valeria Clarke (harp)
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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... —
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Music in the Heart
Vaughan Williams Conducts his Serenade To Music
Sopranos: Stiles Allen*, Isobel Baillie*, Ena Mitchell, Elsie Suddaby*, Contraltos: Muriel Brunskill*, Astra Desmond*, Mary Jarred*, Gladys Ripley, Tenors: William Herbert, Richard Lewis, Stephen Manton, Heddle Nash*, Baritone/Bass: Norman Allin*, Robert Easton*, Roy Henderson*, Harold Williams*...
The exquisite centrepiece here is Vaughan Williams's own performance of the Serenade to Music from 1951, his 79th year. …there's a special warmth and magic. —
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Alan Rowlands & Adrian Sims play Vaughan Williams & Ireland
A Unique recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Sixth Symphony on two pianos.
Alan Rowlands and Adrian Sims (pianos)
splendidly lucid and spontaneous...For anyone familiar with this masterpiece it certainly makes for absorbing listening, the work's clashing harmonies and knotty counterpoint elucidated to frequently... —
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Iain Burnside presents impressive solo credentials: the serious technical demands of the Job arrangement cause him no problems, while his flair for conjuring orchestra-like colours from the... —
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Paul Daniel conducts Vaughan Williams & Patrick Hadley
Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano), Mary Bevan (soprano) & Leigh Melrose (baritone)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & The Joyful Company of Singers, Paul Daniel
Performances are authoritative, atmospheric, and not at all self-conscious when dealing with rollicking monks or comedy Dutchmen. —
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Albion’s Vision
An introduction to the Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams on Albion Records
Iain Burnside (piano), Matthew Trusler (violin), Mary Bevan (soprano), Leigh Melrose (baritone), Roderick Williams (baritone), Alan Rowlands (piano), Adrian Sims (piano), David Briggs (organ), Derek Welton (baritone), Robert B. Anderson (bass-baritone), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Choir...
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Listening to the slower sections, you may pine for the original instrumentation, teasingly indicated in the arrangement’s score as particular bars pass by. On the other hand, it’s hard to resist... —
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