Vaughan Williams: Job, Old King Cole & The Running Set

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Trepidation stalks Manze's Job from the outset, the ostensibly pastoral opening shaded by an undertow of dark foreboding...All told, this is a Job rich in colour and atmosphere, projected with... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Jun 2023
Catalogue No: ONYX4240
Label: Onyx
Length: 75 minutes

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Vaughan Williams: Job, A Masque for Dancing, Scene I

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze

Introduction. Pastoral Dance - Satan's Appeal to God - Saraband of the Sons of God

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Vaughan Williams: Job, A Masque for Dancing, Scene II

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze

Satan's Dance of Triumph

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Vaughan Williams: Job, A Masque for Dancing, Scene III

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze

Minuet of the Sons of Job and their Wives - Minuet of the Sons and Daughters of Job

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Vaughan Williams: Job, A Masque for Dancing, Scene IV

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze

Job's Dream - Dance of Plague, Pestilence, Famine and Battle

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Vaughan Williams: Job, A Masque for Dancing, Scene V

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze

Dance of the Three Messsengers

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Vaughan Williams: Job, A Masque for Dancing, Scene VI

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze

Dance of Job's Comforters - Job's Curse - A Vision of Satan

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Vaughan Williams: Job, A Masque for Dancing, Scene VII

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze

Elihu's Dance of Beauty and Youth - Pavane of the Heavenly Host

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Vaughan Williams: Job, A Masque for Dancing, Scene VIII

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze

Pavane of the Sons of the Morning - Gaillard of the Sons of the Morning - Altar Dance and the Heavenly Pavane

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Vaughan Williams: Job, A Masque for Dancing, Scene IX

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze

Epilogue

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Vaughan Williams: Old King Cole, A Ballet for Orchestra

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze, Eva Thorarinsdottir

I. Allegro moderato

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II. Royal Fanfare, King Enter

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III. Pipe Dance

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IV. Bowl Dance

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V. 1st Fiddler Enters Dancing

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VI. King is Bored and Goes to Sleep

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VII. Entry of the 3rd Fiddler, Followed by Grotesque and Little Boys

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VIII. King Comes Down from His Throne

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IX. Fiddler Slowly Moves Across Stage

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Vaughan Williams: The Running Set

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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze

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Following on from their highly acclaimed cycle of the 9 Vaughan Williams symphonies, Andrew Manze and the RLPO have recorded a spectacular Job, taken from a live performance at the famed Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool. RVW’s inspiration for Job arose from William Blake’s illustrations for The Book of Job, a collection of water colours from 1805, and the later engravings from 1822. 1928 was the centenary of Blake’s death, and RVW attempted to interest Serge Diaghilev, the foremost artistic power in the world of ballet to take it up but to no avail. The work has since become a concert piece after a handful of staged performances in the early 1930s. The score is in 9 sections telling the story of Job. The music is notable for its dramatic contrasts. The music for God being powerful and majestic, that for Satan is powerfully dissonant with a violence that foreshadows music encountered in the 4th and 6th symphonies and the piano concerto. RVW had seen service in France in the First World War, and what he saw there undoubtedly coloured his musical language, and the horrors endured by Job are depicted in some of RVVs most driven and dissonant music.

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September 2023

Trepidation stalks Manze's Job from the outset, the ostensibly pastoral opening shaded by an undertow of dark foreboding...All told, this is a Job rich in colour and atmosphere, projected with stirring confidence and understanding by the Liverpool players.

August 2023

Scrupulously prepared and boasting some superbly coordinated, infectiously dedicated playing from the RLPO, it’s a thoroughly absorbing interpretation [of *Job*]...Overall, this is unquestionably a very fine achievement.

June 2023

This fabulous postscript to Manze's cycle of the Vaughan Williams symphonies has all the virtues which made that series such a triumph: finely-judged pacing and balance, punchy brass when required, and wonderfully expressive string-playing throughout. It's great to hear the seldom-recorded early ballet Old King Cole (especially in such a colourful, committed performance as this), and the rumbustious account of The Running Set had me wondering why this exuberant, offbeat little piece doesn't get out more.

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