Albion Records
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Coming soon. From Ursula, With Love
Kenneth Essex, John Carol Case (bass-baritone), George Thalben-Ball, Chorus and Orchestra of Charterhouse School and William Llewllyn, William Llewllyn, BBC Scottish Orchestra, Aeolian Quartet, Philomusica of London, Chorus and Orchestra of Charterhouse School, Graham Treacher, Donald Cashmore, William...
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RVW from America: Forgotten Recordings of the 50s
Arthur Whittemore, Jack Lowe, Francis Tursi, John Beavan, John Hunt, A. Stratton McAllister, Robin Hood Dell Orchestra, Cornell University Chorus, Concert Hall Chamber Orchestra, Rochester Chamber Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann, Robert Hull
The Concerto for Two Pianos benefits from an expert performance by Whittemore andLowe – one of the top duos at the time – placed rather too prominently against the Philadelphia Orchestra. —
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I Love My Love
The English Singers, Steuart Wilson (tenor), Gerald Moore (piano), Frederick Ranalow (baritone), Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano), Ivor Newton (piano), Mary Lewis (Mary), William Anderson (The Constable), Frederick Collier (John the Butcher), Trefor Jones (Ballad-Seller), Leon Goossens (oboe), Clarence...
This Vaughan Williams Society disc, based on 78rpm records collected by David Mitchell, opens a window on a lost England of folk songs and arrangements...and a style instantly pinnable to its... —
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Fearful Symmetry: Songs and Piano Music By John Sykes
Rowan Pierce (soprano), William Vann (piano), Gareth Brynmor John (baritone), Iain Farrington (piano)
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Walton, Symphony No. 1, Crown Imperial; Vaughan Williams: Suite For Four Hands
Lynn Arnold (piano), Charles Matthews (piano)
Murrill’s four-hand transcription, masterly though it may be, is something of a curate’s egg…But once the harmonic gears begin to grind in the first movement, the performance becomes compelling,... —
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Music For Stage and Screen: Remastered Archive Recordings
Victoria Hopper, Herbert Farrar, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia String Orchestra, His Majesty's Theatre Chorus, His Majesty's Theatre Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Muir Mathieson, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir William Walton, Sir Arthur...
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade
David Briggs, Tredegar Town Band, Ian Porthouse, Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, Roderick Williams, William Vann, Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Lynn Arnold, Charles Matthews
No company has done more for Vaughan Williams studies than Albion Records, releasing over 40 recordings of his music, much of it unfamiliar, in the last 13 years. This latest is a compilation... —
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Special offer. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hugh the Drover
Tudor Davies, Mary Lewis, John Coates, Maggie Teyte, Clive Carey, Marie Howes, Harry Plunket Greene, James Johnston, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent, James Robertson
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Discoveries
Roderick Williams (baritone), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Three Nocturnes is the stand-out for me – performance, music itself, everything —
