Vaughan Williams - Five Mystical Songs
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Very Best of English Song
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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Ralph Vaughan Williams; Lennox Berkeley; Peter Warlock: Colourise
RecommendedLondon Choral Sinfonia, Roderick Williams, Andrew Staples, Elena Urioste, Michael Waldron
The Songs come in a version for string orchestra and piano, stripped down (by VW himself) from the full orchestral version used at the work’s premiere. The gain in intimacy is palpable in Michael... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Vaughan Williams - Choral Works
Recommendedfrom CDA66420, CDA66655, CDA66511 & CDA66569
Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Amanda Roocroft (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Anne Dawson (soprano), Linda Kitchen (soprano), Alan Opie (baritone), Gwynne Howell (bass), Thomas Allen (baritone), Nobuko Imai (viola), Judith Howarth (soprano), Matthew...
Best has a fine sense of VW as a dramatic composer, bringing tremendous urgency to Dona Nobis Pacem and real passion to the Five Mystical Songs. Best's Serenade to Music is the original, not... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 14th July 2008
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Building a Library, July 2017, First Choice
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Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs & Five Tudor Portraits
Sarah Walker (mezzo soprano), Henry Herford (baritione)
Guildford Choral Society, The Philharmonia Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton
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The English Song Series Volume 3 - Vaughan Williams 1
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)
Duke Quartet
Anthony Rolfe Johnson and Simon Keenlyside both have ideal voices for this repertoire - the performances are deeply felt. — More…
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Vaughan Williams, Finzi & Holst
RecommendedCecil Aronowitz (viola), Ian Partridge (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), John Westbrook (speaker), John Eaton (treble), Nigel Perrin (alto), Robin Doveton (tenor), David van Asch (bass), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Philip Fowke (piano),...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also Recommended
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Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
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Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Amanda Roocroft (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Anne Dawson (soprano), Linda Kitchen (soprano), Alan Opie (baritone), Gwynne Howell (bass), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers...
Performances like these don’t come along very often; each one is an absolute winner, and with rich, atmospheric recording quality the satisfaction is of a very special quality — More…
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Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits & Five Mystical Songs
Henry Herford (baritone), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Guildford Choral Society, Hilary Davan Wetton
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