Vaughan Williams: Richard II, Songs of Travel, Suite de Ballet & Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes

Williams is on exceptionally eloquent form in the Songs of Travel…Yates and the RSNO are at the top of their game throughout, making this an absolute delight from start to finish. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2019 More…

Release Date: 24th May 2019
Catalogue No: CDLX7359
Label: Dutton
Series: Epoch

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Vaughan Williams: Richard II, Incidental Music

Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes

Nadège Rochat (cello)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates

Vaughan Williams: Suite de Ballet

arr. for flute & orchestra
Anna Noakes (flute)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates

Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel

orch. Vaughan Williams & Roy Douglas
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates

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Dutton Epoch is thrilled to present celebrated baritone Roderick Williams in the complete orchestral version of Vaughan Williams’s Songs of Travel. Recorded at the Caird Hall, Dundee, in one remarkable session, everyone present was gripped by the music’s eloquence and impact. Written between the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, Vaughan Williams’s incidental music for a BBC wartime production of Shakespeare’s Richard II was delivered by the composer in 1944, but went unheard when the production was aborted. This world premiere recording of RVW’s score reveals the composer at the peak of his powers. The Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes for cello and orchestra was written for Pablo Casals, and here, in cellist Nadège Rochat’s singing performance, the tunes appear as a succession of musical jewels. The short Suite de Ballet for flute and piano can now be heard in composer Roger Steptoe’s idiomatic 1989 orchestration for flute and strings. Flautist Anna Noakes projects the flute line with fine tone and the strings of the RSNO provide a sumptuous context.

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August 2019

Williams is on exceptionally eloquent form in the Songs of Travel…Yates and the RSNO are at the top of their game throughout, making this an absolute delight from start to finish.

11th August 2019

All are unmistakably RVW, and show what a meticulous craftsman he was...A must for RVW fans.

Vaughan Williams: Richard II, Songs of Travel, Suite de Ballet & Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes

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