Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer: Sara Fox, Juliette Pochin, Andrew Staples, Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Albion
Catalogue: ALB001
Release: 2009
Size: 207 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Hugh the Drover
01. No. 1. Cold blows the wind on cotsall (Showman)
02. No. 2. Life must be full of care (Aunt Jane)
03. No. 3. Sweet little linnet (Hugh)
04. No. 4. Hugh’s song of the road (Hugh)
05. No. 5. Ah! Love I’ve found you (Hugh, Mary)
06. No. 6. The devil and bonyparty (Showman)
07. No. 7. Alone and friendless (Hugh)
08. No. 8. Gaily I go to die (Hugh)
09. No. 9. Here on my throne (Mary)
10. No. 10. Hugh, my lover (Hugh, Mary)
Sir John in love
11. No. 1. Greensleeves
12. No. 2. See the Chariot at hand
Pilgrim’s Progress
13. No. 1. Watchful’s Song
14. No. 2. The Song of Pilgrims
15. No. 3. The Pilgrim’s Psalm
16. No. 4. The Song of the Leaves of Life and the Water of Life
17. No. 5. The Song of Vanity Fair
18. No. 6. The woodcutter’s Song
19. No. 7. The Bird’s Song
This is the debut disc from Albion Records which is a subsidiary of the Vaughan Williams Society.
Albion Records Ltd, a not-for-profit record label, is dedicated to recording rare 20th century English classical music, concentrating on Ralph Vaughan Williams and each of the CDs will contain world première recordings.
This first CD issued by Albion Records, through Select Music, The Sky Shall Be Our Roof, comprises of 19 songs from Ralph Vaughan Williams operas. An astonishing 12 of these songs are world première recordings and all are deeply characteristic, in turn noble and beautiful.
The disc boasts the talents of Iain Burnside, Roderick Williams, Juliette Pochin, Sarah Fox and Andrew Staples.