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On Wenlock Edge
James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano), Michael Cox (flute), Gareth Hulse (cor anglais)
Fitzwilliam String Quartet
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Solo Vocal
Gilchrist's bright, ringing tenor voice is compelling from the first note, but it's the range of expression and unaffected musicality that leave the lasting impression
On Wenlock Edge
James Gilchrist (tenor), Anna Tilbrook (piano), Michael Cox (flute), Gareth Hulse (cor anglais)
Fitzwilliam String Quartet
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Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Solo Vocal
Gilchrist's bright, ringing tenor voice is compelling from the first note, but it's the range of expression and unaffected musicality that leave the lasting impression
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- The Fitzwilliam String Quartet, James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook
- Recorded: 21-23 November 2006
- Recording Venue: Christ's Hospital School, Horsham, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
I. On Wenlock Edge
Track length3:33
This track is only available as an album download.
- The Fitzwilliam String Quartet, James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook, Michael Cox, Gareth Hulse
- Recorded: 21-23 November 2006
- Recording Venue: Christ's Hospital School, Horsham, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
- The Fitzwilliam String Quartet, James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook
- Recorded: 21-23 November 2006
- Recording Venue: Christ's Hospital School, Horsham, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
- The Fitzwilliam String Quartet, James Gilchrist, Anna Tilbrook
- Recorded: 21-23 November 2006
- Recording Venue: Christ's Hospital School, Horsham, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Spotlight on this release
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Music to commemorate the First World War
29th Jul 2014
David picks out some recordings of works particularly closely linked to the Great War - those written in response to it, or influenced by composers' experiences of the fighting.
Awards and reviews
Gilchrist's bright, ringing tenor voice is compelling from the first note, but it's the range of expression and unaffected musicality that leave the lasting impression
5th July 2007
...invigorating stuff from the off, and far from the pastoral legato of some other interpretations...Gilchrist’s no-nonsense vocal style meets the folk-based contours of the music with a convincing respect – his vowels more fluid and natural than some in the English tenor tradition, and his delivery all the more vivid for it.
September 2007
…a wonderfully imaginative account of On Wenlock Edge and The Curlew. The developing tale of Bredon Hill has never been more vividly told on records, and the desolation of Warlock's masterpiece becomes more poignant still because of the beauty evoked. ...Gurney's Housman cycle has also its finest performance on record. Strongly recommended.
