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Vaughan Williams - Folksong Arrangements for solo voice and piano

Robert Tear (tenor), Sir Philip Ledger (piano), Hugh Bean (violin), Jean Stewart (viola) & Daphne Ibbott (piano), Hugh Bean (violin) & Daphne Ibbott (piano)

Vaughan Williams - Folksong Arrangements for solo voice and piano
VW collected most of these folksongs himself, and many, like 'The Captain's Apprentice', permeate his later work, Bean and Stewart are splendid string soloists, Tear haunting if occasionally...

Vaughan Williams - Folksong Arrangements for solo voice and piano

Robert Tear (tenor), Sir Philip Ledger (piano), Hugh Bean (violin), Jean Stewart (viola) & Daphne Ibbott (piano), Hugh Bean (violin) & Daphne Ibbott (piano)

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VW collected most of these folksongs himself, and many, like 'The Captain's Apprentice', permeate his later work, Bean and Stewart are splendid string soloists, Tear haunting if occasionally...

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Contents and tracklist

1. Lovely on the Water (Adagio)
Track length1:54
2. Spurn Point (Andante sostenuto)
Track length1:38
3. Van Dieman's Land (Larghetto)
Track length1:36
4. She borrowed some of her mother's gold (Lento)
Track length2:02
5. The Lady and the Dragoon (Andante tranquillo)
Track length1:57
6. As I walked over London Bridge (Allegro vivace)
Track length0:51

Awards and reviews

August 2008

VW collected most of these folksongs himself, and many, like 'The Captain's Apprentice', permeate his later work, Bean and Stewart are splendid string soloists, Tear haunting if occasionally mannered.
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