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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works
Louis Lortie (piano), Carla Huhtanen (soprano), Emily D’Angelo (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Wiliford (tenor) & Tyler Duncan (baritone), Sarah Jeffrey (oboe), Teng Li (viola)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Elmer Iseler Singers, Peter Oundjian
Awards:
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Juno Awards, 2019, Classical Album of the Year - Large Ensemble
The solo playing by Toronto Symphony principal Teng Li offers deep weight of tone, rapturous phrasing, and a musical personality that mesmerises the ear; the choral singing is superbly focused...
Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works
Louis Lortie (piano), Carla Huhtanen (soprano), Emily D’Angelo (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Wiliford (tenor) & Tyler Duncan (baritone), Sarah Jeffrey (oboe), Teng Li (viola)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Elmer Iseler Singers, Peter Oundjian
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Awards:
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Juno Awards, 2019, Classical Album of the Year - Large Ensemble
The solo playing by Toronto Symphony principal Teng Li offers deep weight of tone, rapturous phrasing, and a musical personality that mesmerises the ear; the choral singing is superbly focused...
About
With this celebratory release completing his fourteen year tenure as Music Director of the TSO, Peter Oundjian conducts an exquisite Vaughan Williams programme, supported by an all-Canadian cast of star soloists.
In the programme notes of the concert preceding the recording, Oundjian declared: ‘Ralph Vaughan Williams was possibly England’s most significant composer, and he is a personal favourite of mine. This [recording] presents some of his finest works, featuring soloists from the Orchestra as well as some of Canada's most notable solo artists, and the Elmer Iseler Singers. The lyrical and engaging Oboe Concerto is rarely heard, but it is one of his most inspired works. Serenade to Music showcases his exquisite vocal writing, which also figures prominently in the ravishingly beautiful Flos Campi, so surprisingly scored for solo viola, choir, and chamber orchestra. The Piano Concerto is more dramatic, with a juggernaut opening and a brilliant fugal finale.’
Contents and tracklist
- Carla Huhtanen (soprano), Emily D'Angelo (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Wiliford (tenor), Tyler Duncan (baritone)
- Elmer Iseler Singers, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Peter Oundjian
- Recorded: 15-16 November 2017
- Recording Venue: Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Sarah Jeffrey (oboe)
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Peter Oundjian
- Recorded: 15-16 November 2017
- Recording Venue: Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Teng Li (viola)
- Elmer Iseler Singers, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Peter Oundjian
- Recorded: 15-16 November 2017
- Recording Venue: Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Louis Lortie (piano)
- Toronto Symphony Orchestra
- Peter Oundjian
- Recorded: 15-16 November 2017
- Recording Venue: Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Awards and reviews
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Juno Awards2019Classical Album of the Year - Large Ensemble
August 2018
The solo playing by Toronto Symphony principal Teng Li offers deep weight of tone, rapturous phrasing, and a musical personality that mesmerises the ear; the choral singing is superbly focused and (easier said than done) flawlessly in tune, with a classy orchestral accompaniment to match…While Sarah Jeffrey (also a Toronto principal) is at first less impressive in the Oboe Concerto, her playing increasingly searches out the music’s poignant heart, memorably so in the finale.
27th May 2018
The Serenade is given in the version for four soloists and chorus. The original for 16 solo voices is preferable, but Oundjian’s forces make a strong case, as do his soloists in the concertos, Sarah Jeffrey (0boe) and Louis Lortie.
Classical Ear June 2018
Teng Li’s tender, tentative viola and the Elmer Iseler Singers’ ethereal contributions mark out Flos Campi as one of the best currently on disc, the orchestra sinewy and serpentine in the Moderato alla Marcia…subtle and soft in the transcendent finale, sensuous throughout.
