Albion Records
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade To Music
Isobel Baillie (soprano), Berkeley Mason, Elsie Suddaby (soprano), Madame Adami, Eva Turner, Lillian Stiles-Allen, Lilian Stiles-Allen, Muriel Brunskill, Astra Desmond, Margaret Balfour, Royal Albert Hall Orchestra (band), Mary Jarred, Walter Widdop, Percy Kahn, Parry Jones, William Thomas Best,...
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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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Vaughan Williams - Folk Songs of the Four Seasons
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge & Dmitri Ensemble, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks
Under Sir David Willcocks, there is never an impure or intrusive tone and yet no want of energy, flavour or dynamic range either. The orchestrations have the unfailing touch of a composer fully... —
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Kissing Her Hair
Twenty Early Songs of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sarah Fox (soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano)
Roderick Williams… is entrusted with all but five of these 20 songs - and a sterling job he does, too, with intelligent word-pointing and the voice sonorous, firmly focused and evenly controlled.... —
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The Sky Shall Be Our Roof
Rare songs from the operas of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sara Fox (soprano), Juliette Pochin (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano)
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Baroque Instrumental
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Vaughan Williams: On Christmas Day
RecommendedFolk-Carols and Folk-Songs arranged by Vaughan Williams
Derek Welton (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano)
Derek Welton has a rich yet flexible voice. It sounds effortless and I could listen to him all day. He is sensitively accompanied by Iain Burnside, and the recording is vibrant and well balanced. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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Portraits of A Mind
Venables & Vaughan Williams
Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Navarra Quartet, William Vann (piano)
The cycle's five songs are exceptionally well sung by Alessandro Fisher, who convincingly encompasses emotions stretching from the balmy pastoralism of the opening ‘The Lark Ascending’ (with... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Voice & Ensemble
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: the Grinke Legacy
Frederick Grinke, Arthur Benjamin, Michael Mullinar, Boyd Neel Orchestra, Louis Boyd Neel
Grinke, a seasoned chamber player, turns in a perfect performance [of The Lark Ascending], his tone warmly attractive but his approach suitably laid back...With excellent transfers and comprehensive... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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I Have Lived & Loved
Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Alessandro Fisher (tenor), Penelope Thwaites (piano)
'[Rudge] makes an instantly engaging impression in "The Vagabond', her lush mezzo-soprano voice combining with immaculate diction and intelligent use of dynamics to clarify meaning...Thwaites's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2025, Song Choice
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