Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance & Death of Tintagiles

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A Cotswold Romance is a gift from Vaughan Williams to those who hold the music of Hugh theDrover in deep affection but who, under torture, would probably have to admit that the opera itself is... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: CHAN9646
Label: Chandos
Length: 54 minutes

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Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance

Work length39:38

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Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Tom Randle, Matthew Brook, Rosa Mannion

I. The Men of Cotsall (Chorus)

Track length3:50

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II. Sweet Little Linnet (Hugh)

Track length1:29

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III. Hugh's Song of the Road (Hugh, Chorus)

Track length4:09

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IV. Love at First Sight (Hugh, Mary, Chorus)

Track length6:07

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V. The Best Man in England (Baritone, Chorus)

Track length2:24

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VI. Alone and Friendless (Hugh)

Track length2:25

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VII. The Fight and the Sequel (Baritone, Mary, Hugh, Chorus)

Track length4:50

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VIII. Hugh in the Stocks (Hugh)

Track length1:53

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IX. Mary Escapes (Mary, Chorus)

Track length4:31

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X. Freedom at last (Hugh, Mary, Chorus)

Track length8:00

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Vaughan Williams: Death of Tintagiles

Work length14:43

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Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra

Prelude. Largo - Andantino - Adagio

Track length5:37

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No. 1, Lento

Track length1:10

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No. 2, Allegro

Track length0:42

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No. 3, Lento - Andante tranquillo - Lento

Track length2:51

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No. 4, Moderato

Track length1:09

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No. 4½, Allegro

Track length1:00

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No. 5, Lento

Track length2:14

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2010

A Cotswold Romance is a gift from Vaughan Williams to those who hold the music of Hugh theDrover in deep affection but who, under torture, would probably have to admit that the opera itself is less than perfect. Hugh, first produced in 1924, enjoyed sufficient immediate success for a set of records to be produced with the original cast. It then had to wait till 1979 for a complete recording on LP (reissued on EMI), and till 1994 for a new one on CD. The adaptation as a dramatic cantata came out in 1951, reducing the two-act opera to 10 numbers and rescoring some of the music to allow a larger part for the chorus.
The addition of wordless chorus is delightful, not least when the chorus sings the first part of Hugh's song of the road and re-enters with delicious harmonies at 'All the scented night'. Thomas Randle, who has the voice of a man of the road and a lover, is admirably cast. Rosa Mannion, with a slight hint of turning tremulous under pressure, is otherwise an ideal Mary, and the chorus is excellent.
Hickox conducts with brio and with due feeling for the romance.
Death of Tintagiles is incidental music written for a play by Maeterlinck, performed without much success in 1913. In his interesting notes, Stephen Connock associates it with Riders to theSea and the Sinfonia antartica; and it's true that there are sternly impressive moments, of menace and darkness. Though it hardly seems viable as an orchestral suite, it's good to have on this disc, nevertheless.

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