Vaughan Williams - Three Shakespeare Songs
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Choral » Madrigals & Partsongs
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Such Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
King's Singers, Victoria Meteyard (soprano), Grace Davidson (soprano)
This is the last recording The King’s Singers made before the departure of bass Jonathan Howard. It bears all the familiar hallmarks of a well-loved vocal team that has honed its style over... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2025, Choral & Song Choice
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A spooky, flickering account of Elgar’s Owls underlines the ability of Short and his outstandingly responsive singers to create riveting atmosphere, and communicate to the listener the import... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Grammy Awards, 60th Awards (2017), Nominee - Choral Performance
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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Over hill, over dale
Partsongs, folksongs and Shakespeare settings
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Michael George (bass)
Holst Singers
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An imaginative programme that links Canada, the US and the UK. Though one or two of the arrangements verge on the twee, the singing is generally very polished. — More…
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Stephen Darlington
Their texts may be secular but the middle number, The cloud-capp'd towers, has more than a hint of spiritual feeling about it. The choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, deliver the goods... — More…
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Vaughan Williams… musical personality shines out all through this selection of sacred and secular a cappella music… Mike Brewer's excellent chamber choir Laudibus sings with beautifully blended... — More…
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Like to the Lark
Jennifer Pike (violin), Maria Forsström (mezzo-soprano)
The Swedish Chamber Choir, Simon Phipps
Listening to Simon Philipps’s immaculately accomplished Swedish Chamber Choir is rather like sinking gently into a warm bath bubbling over with your favourite scented lotions…This album combin[es]... — More…
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Record Review, 16th November 2019, Disc of the Week
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Special offer. A Portrait of Vaughan Williams
Michael Bochmann (violin), Margaret Campbell (flute), Colin Lilley (flute), Audrey Douglas (harp), Maurice Bourgue (oboe), Susan Lynn (violin), Pierre Joubert (violin), Helen Roberts (viola), Thomas Waddington (cello), Timothy Mirfin, Peter Gritton, Ian Barratt, David Le Monnier, Paul Martin, Jonathan...
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There is Sweet Music
20 English part-songs and folk-song arrangements
The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter
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