Vaughan Williams - The Turtle Dove
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Sometimes the best discoveries in music aren’t pieces that you’ve never heard before, but those you have, made new by remarkable interpretations…At the recital’s heart is a breath-catching performance... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2017
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[Tenebrae's] account of Parry's Songs of Farewell abounds in subtleties of phrasing and telling distinctions of dynamic, yet flows beautifully, the textual narrative unfolding with a rare continuity... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Choral Finalist
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Song Of Love
William Vann (piano), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone)
Until now The House of Life has been the sole preserve of male vocalists on disc, so a warm welcome to this Albion newcomer. Indeed, the mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately’s memorably affecting and... —
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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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Carry Me Home: Folksongs from Around the World
Richard Butler (vocals), Thomas Bullard (vocals), Sebastian Harris (vocals), Sam Evans (vocals), Christopher Freeze (vocals), Maurice MacSweeney (vocals), Andrew Staples (vocals), Timothy Garrard (vocals), William Gaunt (vocals), Timothy Kiddell (vocals), Alexander Milner (vocals), Martin Lucas-Smith...
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Vaughan Williams & Holst - Choral Folksong Arrangements
London Madrigal Singers & Baccholian Singers of London, Christopher Bishop
RVW's settings again reflect his song collecting; his friend Holst's are more eclectic, including Hardy poems and the Rig Veda. Somewhat Edwardian in the fa-la manner but atmospherically beautiful... —
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I Love My Love
The English Singers, Steuart Wilson (tenor), Gerald Moore (piano), Frederick Ranalow (baritone), Conchita Supervia (mezzo-soprano), Ivor Newton (piano), Mary Lewis (Mary), William Anderson (The Constable), Frederick Collier (John the Butcher), Trefor Jones (Ballad-Seller), Leon Goossens (oboe), Clarence...
This Vaughan Williams Society disc, based on 78rpm records collected by David Mitchell, opens a window on a lost England of folk songs and arrangements...and a style instantly pinnable to its... —
