Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer: Ian Bostridge, Michael George, Holst Singers
Conductor: Stephen Layton
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA66777
Release: 1995
Size: 231 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Vaughan Williams: Loch Lomond
Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs
02. I. Full fathom five
03. II. The cloud-capp’d towers
04. III. Over hill, over dale
05. Vaughan Williams: Alister McAlpine’s Lament
06. Vaughan Williams: An Acre of Land
07. Vaughan Williams: The Seeds of Love
08. anon.: Ca the Yowes
Vaughan Williams: Five English Folksongs
09. I. The dark-eyed sailor
10. II. The spring time of the year
11. III. Just as the tide was flowing
12. IV. The lover’s ghost
13. V. Wassail song
14. Vaughan Williams: The Winter is gone
15. Vaughan Williams: Mannin Veen
16. Vaughan Williams: Bushes and Briars
17. Vaughan Williams: Down among the dead men
Vaughan Williams: Three Elizabethan Songs
18. I. Sweet day
19. II. O mistress mine
20. III. The willow song
21. Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves
22. Vaughan Williams: Rest
23. Vaughan Williams: Heart’s Music
24. Vaughan Williams: Come away, death
25. anon.: The turtle dove
Vaughan Williamss small-scale choral works are a comparatively lesser-known aspect of his art. The majority of these compositions arose from his folksong-collecting activities at the turn of the century; this recording brings some of his finest folksong arrangements together with other a cappella works. They cover the whole of the composers long career. The Holst Singers are the foremost amateur choir in London. Under their musical director Stephen Layton they regularly perform on Radio 3 and Classic FM and in the major concert venues. The choir is joined for several songs by the renowned soloists Ian Bostridge and Michael George.