Albion Records
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Rise, Heart
Roderick Williams (baritone) with Sacconi Quartet, Levi Andreassen (double bass), William Vann (piano)
[Williams] could coax you into listening to a railway timetable set to music! It's good to hear the Five Mystical Songs shorn of the chorus in a version for string quintet and piano from 1925.... —
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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... —
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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Vaughan Williams: Beyond my Dream
Music for Greek Plays
Heather Lowe (mezzo-soprano)
The Joyful Company of Singers, Britten Sinfonia, Alan Tongue
Here’s yet another hugely enterprising rescue-act from Albion Records...As has often been the case with so many of these comparatively early RVW discoveries, they make absolutely fascinating... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2018, Editor's Choice
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Vaughan Williams: Mantegna
James Orford (organ), Dulwich Choral Society, London Mozart Players, William Vann
In those numbers that remain as hymns, the Dulwich Choral Society is impressively disciplined in ensemble and intonation... James Orford gives a bravura performance in the solo organ numbers,... —
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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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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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The biggest test for the Tredegar Town Band on this Vaughan Williams recital is the Variations for Brass Band, a technically demanding piece written for the National Brass Band Championships... —
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Transcriptions From Truro
David Briggs (organ), Rupert Marshall-Luck (violin)
The acoustic of the cathedral gives Rupert MarshallLuck’s playing a sheen, particularly in the slow outer sections. —
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Vaughan Williams: Fair Child of Beauty
John Hopkins (speaker) & Philip Smith (baritone)
Joyful Company of Singers & Britten Sinfonia, Alan Tongue
The septet of players from the Britten Sinfonia…ensure that Vaughan Williams’s music, by turns playful, lithe and sensually alluring, is winningly projected, and the baritone Philip Smith contributes... —
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A Christmas Fantasia
Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Jamie Andrews (organ), Ashley Riches (bass-baritone), William Vann
