Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer: Nicky Spence, Julius Drake, Timothy Ridout, Piatti Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA68378
Release: 2022
Size: 1.13 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Four Hymns
01. I. Lord! Come away!
02. II. Who is this fair one?
03. III. Come Love, come Lord
04. IV. Evening Hymn
The House of Life
05. I. Love-sight
06. II. Silent noon
07. III. Love’s minstrels
08. IV. Heart’s haven
09. V. Death in Love
10. VI. Love’s last gift
Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties
11. X. The saucy bold robber
12. XV. Harry the tailor
English Folk Songs
13. IV. The brewer
On Wenlock Edge
14. I. On Wenlock Edge
15. II. From far, from eve and morning
16. III. Is my team ploughing?
17. IV. Oh, when I was in love with you
18. V. Bredon Hill
19. VI. Clun
Nicky Spence and friends perfectly capture the urgency and thrill of the opening of ‘On Wenlock Edge’; with its varied and imaginatively chosen couplings, this is an album which every RVW aficionado will want to own.