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Special offer. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Volume 1
RecommendedMary Bevan (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Jack Liebeck (violin), William Vann (piano)
All three soloists are careful to avoid an over-sophisticated response to songs whose strength is their directness of expression and simple integrity. Williams in particular is a perfect singer... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Volume 4
William Vann (piano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone)
This volume completes Albion Records’s survey of Vaughan Williams’s respectful and often touchingly lyrical arrangements, all performed with character and artistry by these singers and above... —
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Special offer. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Volume 2
Nicky Spence (tenor), William Vann (piano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Mary Bevan (soprano), Thomas Gould (violin)
This is one of the finest produced song albums that’s come my way. All three singers, recognised artists in their vocal prime, perform their allotted songs with commitment and character. They... —
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Special offer. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Volume 3
Roderick Williams (baritone), William Vann (piano), Mary Bevan (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Helen Ashby, Kate Ashby, Cara Curran, Benedict Hymas, James Arthur, Nicholas Ashby
‘Bushes and Briars’ leads off the recital in baritone Roderick Williams’s sensitively expressive performance…Vann’s accompaniments are a model of tact and supportiveness throughout, and he gives... —
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Special offer. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Earth's Wide Bounds
Joshua Ryan (organ), Rowan Williams, Leah Jackson (soprano), Charlie Morris, Simon Wall, Adrian Horsewood, Eloise Irving, Ciara Hendrick, Joseph Doody, James Arthurt, Helen Ashby, Clara Kanter, Jonny Beatty, Nicholas Ashby, Katy Hill, Emma Ashby, Tom Castle, Nathan Harrison, Jenni Harper, Rosemary...
[The Te Deum in G] is delivered with lusty relish by the Royal Hospital choir, particularly in the ringing antiphonal exchanges. O Clap Your Hands has similar ebullience, and the motet Valiant-for-Truth... —
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Special offer. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Pan's Anniversary and Other Works
Samuel West (narrator), Thomas Gould (violin), Thomas Hancox (piccolo), Mary Bevan, Joy Farrall (clarinet), Timothy West (narrator), Sophie Bevan, William Lockhart (percussion), Jess Dandy, Johnny Herford, Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Britten Sinfonia, William Vann
The vernal setting of that 1905 production with its costumed actors, dancers and musicians undoubtedly cast a spell. Stripped of these visual elements, and with Vaughan Williams not quite his... —
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony and Other Works
Lynn Arnold, Charles Matthews (piano duet)
Listening to the slower sections, you may pine for the original instrumentation, teasingly indicated in the arrangement’s score as particular bars pass by. On the other hand, it’s hard to resist... —
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Special offer. RVW from America: Forgotten Recordings of the 50s
Arthur Whittemore, Jack Lowe, Francis Tursi, John Beavan, John Hunt, A. Stratton McAllister, Robin Hood Dell Orchestra, Cornell University Chorus, Concert Hall Chamber Orchestra, Rochester Chamber Orchestra, Vladimir Golschmann, Robert Hull
The Concerto for Two Pianos benefits from an expert performance by Whittemore andLowe – one of the top duos at the time – placed rather too prominently against the Philadelphia Orchestra. —
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade
David Briggs, Tredegar Town Band, Ian Porthouse, Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, Roderick Williams, William Vann, Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Lynn Arnold, Charles Matthews
No company has done more for Vaughan Williams studies than Albion Records, releasing over 40 recordings of his music, much of it unfamiliar, in the last 13 years. This latest is a compilation... —
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Special offer. Walton, Symphony No. 1, Crown Imperial; Vaughan Williams: Suite For Four Hands
Lynn Arnold (piano), Charles Matthews (piano)
Murrill’s four-hand transcription, masterly though it may be, is something of a curate’s egg…But once the harmonic gears begin to grind in the first movement, the performance becomes compelling,... —
